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Wordsmith to a hero: of pens, swords, and Mark Salter. Miller, John J. May 5, 2008 1610
The man from UNHCR. Merry, Wayne Apr 7, 2008 1746
The big empty and a silver voice. Aeschliman, M.D. Essay Apr 7, 2008 2571
Jane Barker's letters from Canberra. Willson, Robert Apr 1, 2008 1613
The good guy's good guy. Steyn, Mark Mar 24, 2008 942
Reading WFB. Kesler, Charles R. Mar 24, 2008 1928
A modern valediction Forbidding mourning. Levitov, Francine Bibliography Mar 1, 2008 2839
More. Kinney, David Mar 1, 2008 483
Sue Miller: Ms. Miller turns to politics, as the wife of a senator deals with his chronic infidelity. Teisch, Jessica Mar 1, 2008 1977
The humanist interview: Ellery Schempp. Niose, David Interview Jan 1, 2008 2804
Richard Russo: the latest dispatch from upstate New York. Teisch, Jessica Jan 1, 2008 2425
In memoriam Norman Mailer (1923-2007). In memoriam Jan 1, 2008 192
The wildness of Christianity: the legacy of Madeleine L'Engle. Avakian, Tanya Biography Oct 26, 2007 1827
The trouble with religion: certainty is no substitute for faith. Garvey, John Oct 12, 2007 806
Accounting for days: Lynne Tillman on Stephen Shore's road trip journal. Tillman, Lynne Jun 22, 2007 935
Fascism on the screen. McDonald, Neil Critical essay Jun 1, 2007 2030
Literature of the Beat Generation. Teisch, Jessica May 1, 2007 3660
Jacques Barzun's century. Champion, Rafe Apr 1, 2007 3951
Tugging at Jewish weeds: an interview with Steve Stern. Royal, Derek Parker Interview Mar 22, 2007 8506
James Baldwin's confrontation with US imperialism in If Beale Street Ccould Talk. Norman, Brian Critical essay Mar 22, 2007 7263
Resilience as resistance: representing Hispanic New Mexico to the federal writers' project in Lou Sage Batchen's Placitas stories. Griesbach, Daniel Mar 22, 2007 7804
The devil's advocate? Norman Mailer channels Satan and Hitler's childhood in his controversial new novel. We sit down with the legendary writer to ask what the hell he was thinking. Solomont, E.B. Interview Mar 1, 2007 1026
Wallace Stegner. Teisch, Jessica Critical essay Mar 1, 2007 3849
Upending conventional wisdom: "Freakonomics" author Stephen Dubner explains why everything you think you know could be wrong. Kruger, Jennifer Barr Interview Mar 1, 2007 1365
Notes & comments: February 2007. Viewpoint essay Feb 1, 2007 1691
Nurturing and murderous mothers in Suzan-Lori Parks's In the Blood and Fucking A. Foster, Verna A. Jan 1, 2007 5154
On the road to tragedy: mice, candy, and land in Of Mice and Men. Cardullo, Bert Jan 1, 2007 4144
Not the face in the mirror: an interview with Julius Lester. Pilcher, Brad Interview Jan 1, 2007 3346
John Kekes and the predicament of the secularist. Henry, Michael Jan 1, 2007 6007
From imagination to action: can fiction be a vehicle for social change? Weaver-Zercher, Valerie Nov 1, 2006 1846
The week. Oct 23, 2006 4245
It can't happen here: the fantasy worlds of War on Terror novels. Weigel, David Oct 1, 2006 1408
Streetcar. Smith, William Jay Personal account Sep 22, 2006 1711
Songs of the Second World War. Gunn, Gail Sep 1, 2006 4327
Coultergeist. Brief article Aug 1, 2006 38
Bewaarder van die stilte: Gedagtes oor J.M. Coetzee se etiek van skryf. Anker, Willem Critical essay Jun 1, 2006 11080
Translating in high fidelity/Traducir en alta fidelidad: with unfalling respect for the original text, Rolando Costa Ricazo has produced definitive Spanish editions of works by some of the greatest British and U.S. writers. Durbin, Paula Mar 1, 2006 2135
The Bellamy charades. Wortman, Doris Nash Feb 1, 2006 1199
Dorothy Parker and the politics of McCarthyism. Barranger, Milly S. Jan 1, 2006 10240
Ernest Hemingway. Pidgeon, John A. Jan 1, 2006 1713
Unscientific methods. Sanchez, Julian Interview Jan 1, 2006 429
A world of story-smoke: a conversation with Sherman Alexie. Nygren, Ase Interview Dec 22, 2005 7208
Those handing out the Nobel prizes have outdone themselves. Brief Article Nov 7, 2005 207
Why Americans can't write political fiction. Lehmann, Christopher Critical Essay Oct 1, 2005 4936
Turning daydreams into a best-seller. Interview Sep 19, 2005 213
Hunter S. Thompson, the counterculture's favorite writer, who shuffled off this mortal coil six months ago by firing a bullet into his drug-addled brain, has finally been laid to rest in an appropriately eccentric style. Obituary Sep 12, 2005 159
The late Rev. Dr. T. Melville Bailey was honoured by the committee on history by renaming its annual history prize after the founder and former minister of Southgate Church, Hamilton. Brief Article Jul 1, 2005 70
Quote. Schlumpf, Heidi Brief Article May 1, 2005 19
Wise guy: Bruce Bawer on Guy Davenport (1927-2005). Bawer, Bruce Obituary Apr 1, 2005 1279
Down with The Boondocks: Aaron McGruder rages against the machine. Collum, Danny Duncan Apr 1, 2005 664
Death of a comic. Buckley, William F., Jr. Obituary Mar 28, 2005 648
The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald, F. Scott Brief Article Mar 1, 2005 20
Neal Stephenson's past, present, and future: the author of the widely praised Baroque Cycle on science, markets, and post-9/11 America. Godwin, Mike Interview Feb 1, 2005 4691
Torture and defeat. Sanchez, Julian Interview Feb 1, 2005 448
Flannery O'Connor's writing: a guide for the perplexed. Jordan, Michael M. Critical Essay Jan 1, 2005 6029
Greene & Waugh in Texas. Davis, Robert Murray Nov 19, 2004 769
He's 50, he's fabulous, he's that lovable lizard named Godzilla. Barry, Dave Interview Aug 23, 2004 638
Telling it like it isn't: the importance of the non-dit in Green's Sud. Armbrecht, Thomas J.D. Critical Essay Jan 1, 2004 6990
On a lighter side with Andy Rooney. Jan 1, 2004 638
The voice of this Calling: the enduring legacy of T.S. Eliot. Brand, Clinton A. Sep 22, 2003 5512
Orestes Brownson on Catholicism and republicanism. Dougherty, Richard J. Sep 22, 2003 5400
The need for renewal: Nathaniel Hawthorne's conservatism. Trepanier, Lee Sep 22, 2003 4620
Celluloid hero: P. Adams Sitney on Stan Brakhage. Sitney, P. Adams Obituary Sep 1, 2003 1837
An enthusiasm for John O'Hara. (Devine). Devine, Frank Biography May 1, 2003 2453
Self help writing for colonial Americans? Poor Richard's Almanac: Benjamin Franklin's creation kept the colonies amused--while helping to shape a system of values for a new nation. (Reading-Writing Link). Apr 1, 2003 741
Notes & comments: April 2003. Apr 1, 2003 1679
II. The kaleidoscopic Emerson. (Bicentennial Essays: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)). Birnbaum, Milton Jan 1, 2003 5382
Who reads Mencken now? Kramer, Hilton Jan 1, 2003 2330
Bad legs, good heart: the compassionate Anna Sewell. Hort, Carol Biography Dec 1, 2002 450
Irving Lee Dilliard 1904-2002 a eulogy. Tabscott, Robert Nov 1, 2002 1820
Do you know who this woman is? Literary and journalistic luminaries in St. Louis--like Martha Gellhorn--are ignored in favor of dogs, butterflies and bowlers. Corrigan, Don Jul 1, 2002 2029
From scribbles to spacious skies. Feeney, Donna D. Jul 1, 2001 849
Refracted identity(ies) in Louis Chu's Eat a Bowl of Tea: insularity as impotence. Kain, Geoffrey Critical Essay Jun 22, 2001 4165
Expatriate Life Away from Paris. MONTEIRO, GEORGE Jun 22, 2001 9594
EDWIDGE DANTICAT: A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS. Wucker, Michele May 1, 2000 3146
BACK TO THE FUTURE. Steele, Bruce C. Brief Article Apr 30, 2000 361
Interview With Clifton Taulbert. Interview Sep 1, 1999 1904
Sub specie aeternitatis: J. F. Powers, 1917-1999. Derbyshire, John Critical Essay Sep 1, 1999 2406
The Gardners' habitats. Segal, Lore Jan 1, 1999 2775
George Geiger (1903-1998). Fogarty, Robert S. Obituary Jun 22, 1998 403
"The Holy Refusal": A Vedantic Interpretation of J.D. Salinger's Silence. Pattanaik, Dipti R. Jun 22, 1998 6037
A MELUS Interview: Wakako Yamauchi. Watanabe, Sylvia A. Interview Jun 22, 1998 3860
Remains of the fey. Indiana, Gary Apr 1, 1997 1632
John Gardner as mentor. Johnson, Charles Dec 22, 1996 3533
The prismatic past in 'Oral History' and 'Mama Day.' Eckard, Paula Gallant Sep 22, 1995 6319

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