Greg Mortenson has touched the lives of countless children on the Pakistani-Afghan border.
The past two months have seen a bumper crop of trend pieces about the old and formerly untrendy practice of preserving the harvest.
The story of Evelyn Waugh’s sole publication in VQR.
Unlike the men there, I wore a yarmulke. I explained my situation to the waiter behind the counter, asking if I could take a bottle of water and pay him back the next day. He firmly said no.
The completion of a novel is nowhere near as momentous as the birth of a child. But in some ways, the pain and anxiety of separation is similar.
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In 1929, Thomas Wolfe—whom William Faulkner described as the greatest writer of his generation—published his...
275,232 books were published in the US last year. Don’t publications have an obligation to review only those books that warrant serious consideration?
What does the King of Pop have in common with the main character of an 18th century German novel? Quite a lot, in fact.
