Auden, Dickens, and More

The subtle genius of Katharine White. The longtime New Yorker editor was remarkable for being unremarkable... more »

Lead and Zinc Ores of Northumberland and Alston Moor does not sound like children’s literature — yet it was for W.H. Auden... more »

Dickens was a scoundrel; Tolstoy an exploitative sex addict; Alice Walker an antisemite. Still read them ..…