As the job of a pop star has changed, the ways in which music is borrowed have become more subversive... more »
Flann O’Brien’s hard times. After losing a civil-service job, he turned to freelance literary writing, a career imperiled by his scathing attacks on the local literati... more »
Ian Buruma on his tenure at the New York Review: "Editors should be able to take risks. Denunciation, instead of debate, will result in a kind of fearful conformity”... more »