In response to Anita Brookner’s third novel, critic Caryn James referred to what had at that point become “the predictable Anita Brookner heroine,” a stifled, passive woman resembling “a Victorian…
In his 1986 introduction to a set of Paris Review interviews, John Updike quoted Philip Roth: “What I want is to possess my readers while they are reading my book…
Very little is known about the making of the King James Bible. Few primary sources remain to give a glimpse into the formation of one of the most famous pieces…
Comedian Steve Martin follows his successful, but less than noteworthy first novel “Shopgirl” with his highly entertaining “The Pleasure of my Company.” Any one who has seen “As Good as…
Very little is known about the making of the King James Bible. Few primary sources remain to give a glimpse into the formation of one of the most famous pieces…
Cathleen Schine’s latest novel, She is Me, borrows its title from arguably the most celebrated statement on inspiration. When asked about his model for Madame Bovary, Gustav Flaubert famously said,…
At first glance, few would seem as well qualified to write about America’s performance in the war against terror than Richard A. Clarke. Clarke served the Clinton Administration as the…
Although I’m still reeling from ABC’s “The Bachelor,” I decided to give the network a second chance when I tuned in last Wednesday night (9/8 Central) for “The Bachelorette.” After…
Christy Anderson is an associate professor of History of Art. Her publications include Inigo Jones and the Classical Tradition and The Built Surface: Architecture and Pictures. She is currently writing…
Shipwreck by Louis Begley Knopf, 256 pp, $23.00 reviewed by Russell Brandom Shipwreck is a deceptively simple novel, and it relishes in the fact that it is telling a very…
Peter Ibbetson