June 1983 Issue [Palpitations] Blowing smoke into the zeitgeist Download PDF Adjust Share The well-deserved resurrection of Jean Stafford by James Wolcott, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 20th century American fiction Biography History and criticism Jean Stafford Women authors, American More from James Wolcott Philip Larkin’s enormous yes A connoisseur of doom whose wit refuses to die Hammett’s long goodbye A deferential biography of literature's Marlboro man The prince of finesse Nine hundred pages of criticism prove that John Updike is no air-dancing dandy Adjust Share