Reconsiderations February 2010
The most hated man in New York
On ”Lincoln and New York” at the New-York Historical Society, New York.
On ”Lincoln and New York” at the New-York Historical Society, New York.
On the life, letters & linguistic genius of William Jones (1746–94).
On Barbara Johnson’s translation of Divagations by Stéphane Mallarmé.
On the false profundity of Kahlil Gibran.
On the novelist and screenwriter Daniel Fuchs.
On Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate.
On the journal that inspired the foundation of this publication.
A reflection on the early joys of the written word.
On the fiftieth anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising.
A reconsideration of the poet and visual artist David Jones.