Articles of Note

Literary history abhors a vacuum. Thus Homer, most unknowable of ancient poets, gets a flurry of elaborate and highly discrepant biographies... more »


New Books

The world of scientific publishing is vast, varied, and beset by fraud, bias, negligence, and hype... more »


Essays & Opinions

He was a shy college graduate; she was a neurotic 38-year-old mother of two. What was there between Henry Thoreau and Lidian Emerson?... more »