Articles of Note

In March, Amherst College posted a 40-page glossary of terms involving identity, privilege, oppression, and inclusion. The document is almost comically tendentious... more »


New Books

Sexual solicitations, quid pro quos, and drunken brawls. At the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, professors thought that “free booty was part of their compensation package”... more »


Essays & Opinions

Writer, weightlifter, defender of Oscar Wilde. A literary legacy seemed assured for the now-forgotten Frank Harris, who ranked his own genius with Shakespeare’s... more »