May 27, 2020
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Raphael, Anton Chekhov, The Burlington Magazine & more from the world of culture.
Topic: “Fiction”
Fiction chronicle May 2020
Myself, ourselves, others
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On Interior, by Thomas Clerc; The Sweet Indifference of the World, by Peter Stamm; the short-story collection Machines in the Head, by Anna Kavan; and Beyond the Sea, by Paul Lynch.
Reconsiderations May 2020
Anyone for Peter De Vries?
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On the career of the largely forgotten novelist.
Reconsiderations March 2020
A romantic anti-romantic
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On the overlooked works of Hugo Charteris.
Jan 28, 2020
Walker Percy’s great truth
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Where Russia meets the American South.
Jan 28, 2020
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Ulysses, figurative art, the Temple of Hera at Olympa & more from the world of culture.
Reconsiderations February 2020
No flash in the pan
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On the beloved brainchild of George MacDonald Fraser.
Fiction chronicle November 2019
First persons, singular
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On The Ditch by Herman Koch, translated by Sam Garrett; Family Record by Patrick Modiano, translated by Mark Polizzotti; Metropolitan Stories: A Novel by Christine Coulson; and Girl: A Novel by Edna O’Brien.
Jul 23, 2019
The Critic’s Notebook
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On East End art, music at St. Paul’s, the latest campus novel & more from the world of culture.
May 31, 2019
Week in review
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On Shakespeare’s late plays, autofiction, Notre-Dame redux & more.