May 07, 2019
Reading the Gaelic
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A review of My Father Left Me Ireland, by Michael Brendan Dougherty.
Topic: “Books”
Notebook May 2019
The last Victorian
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Highlights from a lifetime of reading.
Features May 2019
Studies in clubbability
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A review of The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age, by Leo Damrosch.
Features April 2019
Ex libris
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A review of Shakespeare’s Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature, by Stuart Kells.
Mar 11, 2019
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Diderot, Duran, a literary St. Patrick’s Day & more from the world of culture.
Mar 08, 2019
Week in review
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On fake Hitlers, fictional histories, the Capodimonte reigns again & more.
Mar 04, 2019
The Critic’s Notebook
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On nostalgia in lit crit, a New York book fair, Anne Morgan’s WWI & more from the world of culture.