Articles of Note

Dorothy Parker comprised more than just her wit. Beneath it lay modesty, political commitment, and an acid fatalism... more »


New Books

Infinite jerk. David Foster Wallace was needy, petulant, crude, and creepy. So what was it like to date him?... more »


Essays & Opinions

"The decline of the novel’s prestige reflects a new crisis born of our culture’s increasing failure of intellectual nerve and its terminal doubt about its own progress"... more »