Reconsiderations December 2006
Truth & lies
On the fiftieth anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising.
On the fiftieth anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising.
A reconsideration of the poet and visual artist David Jones.
A reconsideration of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Black Mischief.
A criticism of MFA programs and writing workshops, especially as they affect two recent works of fiction.
A letter from Baghdad.
On Dr. Johnson and Pale Fire.
On the Centre Pompidou’s “Creation and Destruction in Twentieth-Century Art.”
On G. K. Chesterton’s least successful novel.
The cultural life of present-day Dublin.
A translator’s tragic alliance.