August 15, 2011
Short Takes: The Anti-Canon
If you’ve ever felt frustrated with J. D. Salinger, James Joyce, Henry James, Miguel de Cervantes, or Thomas Pynchon, you’re not alone. Robert Pinsky in the Boston Herald: “I’m afraid […]
September 4, 2009
Speculatin’ or Prospectin’?
On May 13, 1804, Lewis and Clark’s expedition set out prepared (read: worried) from St. Louis: “Boats and everything Complete, with the necessary stores of provisions & such articles of […]