Oscar Hammerstein II: A Wonderful Guy
We knew that he was a good man, because of the words he set down on paper and gave to the world.
The Great Gatsby and the Glories of Capitalism
A review of Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men & Other Writings, 1920–1926, edited by James L. W. West II.
Balanchine’s Ideal Women
A review of Serenade: A Balanchine Story, by Toni Bentley.
The End of the Affair at 70
To read The End of the Affair is to be reminded of a time when a novelist could imagine, and admire, a heroine willing to pay a steep price for ...
S. J. Perelman: A Humorist for All Seasons
A review of S. J. Perelman: Writings, edited by Adam Gopnik.
The Inscrutable Shirley Jackson
A review of The Letters of Shirley Jackson, edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman.
Kurt Vonnegut’s Love Letters Show the Cynic’s Softer Side
A review of Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941–1945.
James Bond, in Literature & Cinema: A Retrospective
There has never been a Bond film that wasn’t at least moderately popular. What is it they say about 007? Nobody does it better.