Articles of Note

Lunch with Freeman Dyson. The notoriously contrarian polymath, who died last week, was a slow eater. He did nearly all of the talking... more »


New Books

Newly married to George Orwell, Eileen Blair cried a lot and typed his manuscripts in the dark. Things went downhill from there... more »


Essays & Opinions

It's been said that most writers are lucky to have one original book in them. A lot of literary careers consist of rewriting it again and again... more »