



Why The Great Gatsby’s Tragic Catastrophe Feels so Contemporary
A review of Under the Red White and Blue: Patriotism, Disenchantment and the Stubborn Myth of the Great Gatsby, by Greil Marcus.

In Praise of Walt Whitman
Anyone who doubts his contribution to the democratic project should read his poetry.

Master of the Frontier
Kelly Scott Franklin discusses America’s first great novelist, James Fenimore Cooper.