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The “I” spy

by Jonathan Dee,

Fiction and the autobiographical question

The first lies club

by Charles Glass,

How the imperial eagle got its wings

Against type? What the writing machine has wrought

by Arthur Krystal,

Comfort cult

by Francine Prose,

On the honest unloveliness of William Trevor's world

A hero to his valet

by Jeff Greenfield,

An underling spies on the Supreme Court

The unbearable slightness

by Cristina Nehring,

Why do we love Milan Kundera, again?

The elaborations

by Wyatt Mason,

Rimbaud at the mercy of biographers

The mystery of influence

by Pico Iyer,

Why Raymond Chandler persists while so many more respected writers are forgotten

Dick Cheney’s Song of America

by David Armstrong,

Drafting a plan for global dominance

A white man’s burden

by Geoffrey Wheatcroft,

Rudyard Kipling's pathos and prescience

Consuming culture

by Lee Siegel,

When our critics won't turn off the TV

The art of the familiar

by Daniel Kunitz,

Literalism and relevance in contemporary art

A dream deferred

by Anthony Walton,

Why Martin Luther King has yet to be heard

Last the night

by Cristina Nehring,

The abiding genius of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Impossible histories

by Edward W. Said,

Why the many Islams cannot be simplified

Notes from underground

by Roger Shattuck,

The future, and deep past, of French writing

The last refuge

by Pico Iyer,

On the promise of the New Canadian fiction

Out of the dark wood

by Lee Siegel,

Dante and the subversive ego

The magic Reagan

by Kevin Baker,

More misguided arguments for his greatness

There died a myriad

by Nicholas Fraser,

What was the Great War for again?

Ashes of centuries

by Helen Hennessy Vendler,

Czeslaw Milosz's epic lyricism

Germ culture

by Howard Markel,

New armies in the never-ending war

The coldest eye

by Francine Prose,

Acting badly among the Arabs

Roads to Sarajevo

by Matthew Mills Stevenson,

A masterpiece of Vienna at twilight

The vindications

by Cristina Nehring,

The moral opportunism of feminist biography

Worlds enough

by L.J. Davis,

Travels in an adolescent genre

The fifties

by John Lukacs,

Another view

Anatomy lessons

by Donovan Hohn,

Evan S. Connell and the documentary school

Remembering Iris

by Jay Parini,

A new biography gets it half right

More than economist

by Nicholas Fraser,

A competed life of John Maynard Keynes

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Insight on the latest books, films, theater, and music.

The “I” spy

The first lies club

Against type? What the writing machine has wrought

Comfort cult

A hero to his valet

The unbearable slightness

The elaborations

The mystery of influence

Dick Cheney’s Song of America

A white man’s burden

Consuming culture

The art of the familiar

A dream deferred

Last the night

Impossible histories

Notes from underground

The last refuge

Out of the dark wood

The magic Reagan

There died a myriad

Ashes of centuries

Germ culture

The coldest eye

Roads to Sarajevo

The vindications

Worlds enough

The fifties

Anatomy lessons

Remembering Iris

More than economist

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The “I” spy

The first lies club

Against type? What the writing machine has wrought

Comfort cult

A hero to his valet

The unbearable slightness

The elaborations

The mystery of influence

Dick Cheney’s Song of America

A white man’s burden

Consuming culture

The art of the familiar

A dream deferred

Last the night

Impossible histories

Notes from underground

The last refuge

Out of the dark wood

The magic Reagan

There died a myriad

Ashes of centuries

Germ culture

The coldest eye

Roads to Sarajevo

The vindications

Worlds enough

The fifties

Anatomy lessons

Remembering Iris

More than economist

January 2003

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