Book Review: Ways of Going Home
/The newest novel from the newest Chilean literary wunderkind
Read MoreBook Review: Engineers of Victory
/A new history of the Second World War focuses on the mid-level thinkers and technicians whose innovations made the grand strategies work
Read MoreJudaize This
/The belief that Jews are the enemy of civilization is one of the West's most tenacious and systemic ideas. Professor David Nirenberg's new history offers a vast, seemingly inexhaustible record of a very old, very useful hatred.
Read MorePuce Needle Diggings
/When the Paris Review, long regarded as a literary standard-bearer, publishes a volume on the art of the short story, it flushes a flurry of conversations into the open: what is a short story? What constitutes an anthology-worthy example? What's the audience for this kind of thing? And: can these stories answer such questions?
Read MoreFlowers in the Pit
/“The eye says ‘Here is Anna Karenina,’” wrote Virginia Woolf; “A voluptuous lady in black velvet wearing pearls comes before us. But the brain says ‘that is no more Anna Karenina than it is Queen Victoria.’" Joe Wright's cinematic adaptation of Tolstoy's classic novel avoids the pitfalls of such literalism.
Read MoreA Little Cryptic, A Little Proud, A Little Mad
/In M. John Harrison's lyrical Viriconium trilogy, the high science of quantum physics meets the low art of fighting giant locusts. Justin Hickey finds a quiet spot to watch the chitin fly.
Read MoreTruth be Told: On Natasha Trethewey
/Poet Laureate Natasha Tretheway mines American history--the early colonies, slavery, the Civil War--for the material of her poetry. Teow Lim Goh visits with the figures she's brought back to life.
Read MoreDo You Feel Like a Hero Yet?
/Has there ever been a time in American history when the gun-and-violence-obsessed subtext of video games was more problematic? Special Ops: The Line puts you in the place of a grizzled, gun-wielding expert - but it doesn't necessarily want you to feel good about that.
Read MoreEpstein’s Kaleidoscope
/Joseph Epstein has a cult following as a sharp-tongued critic and essayist. His latest collection showcases his love of words and ideas as well as his caustic wit.
Read MoreAbsent Friends: “Warm, funny, sad, true … It is Perfect”
/"The proper function of a critic is to save a tale from the artist who created it" wrote D. H. Lawrence, but sometimes - most of the time - despite the best efforts of the best critics, both tale and artist disappear. What do we do with the criti-cal darlings of yesteryear, now filling the library bargain sale? And what of the critics, who called them imperishable?
Read MoreHumor: Wayward Authors Nabbed!
/The startling revelations in Anonymous turn out to be only the beginning: literary sleuths have uncovered a slew of other authorial misdemeanors.
Read MoreBack, Back, Down the Old Ways of Time: D. H. Lawrence in Italy
/Year after year, D. H.Lawrence found love, lust, and gainful employment in Italy - and through the strange alchemy of the place, he also found the inspirations for some of his most enduring works of art.
Read MoreFiona’s Gambit
/John le Carré is still as popular as he's ever been, but what about Len Deighton? Our correspondent has gone back to Deighton's novels and found their Cold War intrigue and human dramas as rewarding as ever.
Read MoreAmerican Aristocracy: Gods of Copley Square – Centerpiece 6
/Lost to history, here re-discovered, Trinity Chancel --"a daring enterprise in its day, as original an expression and as unique as was the genius of the American people."
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “To the dead we owe only truth”
/Watching the Dark, the latest in Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks series, shows the master crime writer at the top of his form.
Read MoreWe've Been with Lizzie All Along
/A conversation about the enduring appeal of Pride & Prejudice.
Read MoreFebruary 2013 Issue
/"Refinement and Elegance," 2010by Caleb Cole
Read More"I'm interested in failure..."
/a conversation with cover-artist Caleb Cole
Read MoreFrom the Archives: A Map of Faces
/In 2011, Aleksandar Hemon chooses his favorite short fiction from all across Europe. From our archives, Kevin Frazier celebrated these bracing imports.
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