Articles of Note

An American Bacchus. James Beard was 310 pounds of blazing appetite — “for money, for applause, for butter, for more butter”  ... more »

New Books

The history of knowledge and its enemies was best summed up by Heinrich Heine: “Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn human beings” ... more »

Essays & Opinions

"A grabby talky disorderly inferno of the spirit." William Gaddis's J R was almost comically ahead of its time  ... more »