August 4, 2006
“I am a Joyce and not a Joycean.”
Stephen is a handsome man of seventy-four, with a gray beard, sloping forehead, and deep-blue eyes–he looks the way Joyce might have looked if he had not smoked and drunk […]
August 3, 2006
The Rules of Thrillers
“Classic literary fiction may be all about the freedom to expand your mental horizons,” writes Andrew Galarneau, “but thrillers are different. Thrillers need rules.” The rules he references (“The Ten […]
August 3, 2006
Elizabeth Bishop on Deck at Arma Virumque (And Elsewhere)
As part of The New Criteron’s recent Best of series, Elizabeth Bishop is being considered at Arma Virumque. Most recently, Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box : Uncollected Poems, Drafts, […]
August 2, 2006
Reading: The New Sexy
via bookslut: Yesterday’s Guardian blog, Culture Vulture, featured an entry on how reading can get you a date… and maybe more: According to a survey of over 2,000 adults carried […]
August 1, 2006
Welcome
Hello and welcome to our newest endeavor. I’m Liz Lopatto, your hostess, and this is The Kenyon Review‘s official blog. I’ll be letting you know about the goings-on here at […]