Articles of Note

Art of translation. After tens of thousands of pages, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have rendered Tolstoy into English. It matters... more »

New Books

For William Gaddis, there was never enough research, never enough time to spend on a single book. I ?must get everything in. Everything?... more »

Essays & Opinions

Ira B. Arnstein explained his failure as a songwriter like this: Cole Porter and Irving Berlin were plagiarizing him. So Arnstein sued, again and again. He lost ? his cases and his sanity... more »