Articles of Note

The old-world strangeness of her diction, the stirringly beautiful chest voice: What it means to finally take Dolly Parton seriously... more »

New Books

Selecting Adrienne Rich for a poetry prize, Auden praised her “neatly and modestly” finished work. So began her desire to be “messily passionate and grand”   ... more »

Essays & Opinions

Literature defines itself against the pedantry of popular advice. Self-help promotes itself as an antidote to intellectual bombast. Are the genres antithetical?   ... more »