In Praise of University Presses, and More

Colette has never been more popular with Americans. Is it the sensuality of her writing? The scandalousness of her own story? ... more »

Shirley Hazzard's style: a thick maze of foreshadowing and indirection, inevitability and destiny, all-knowing and far away... more »

“Longtermism is a technocratic dream that purports to give some of the wealthiest peop…