Articles of Note

Editing Proust. When he died, in 1922, his manuscripts were riddled with inconsistencies: a character perishes on page 221, and is alive on page 257... more »

New Books

Iris Murdoch believed that description is never neutral, that our relentless egos block understanding, and that the answer to egotism is love... more »

Essays & Opinions

Essays and essayists. The form requires a combination of exactitude and evasion, and — on writers’ part — sensitivity, tenderness, and slyness... more »