In 1962, Tom Wolfe was a young, out-of-work journalist. Eighteen months later, he was famous. He knew what the public wanted: eccentricity... more »
"Death destroys a man; the idea of death saves him," said E.M. Forster. It is the fact of our demise that defines our experience of life... more »
World literature increasingly comprises elitist scholasticism or genre books adapted into movies. Can these forces be reconciled?... more »