Meme Wars, Good Writing, and More
C. Vann Woodward offered a usable past for the civil-rights movement, then grew disaffected with the struggle... more »
John le Carré left behind brilliant, untidy letters for his biographers. More unexpected are the memoirs of his longtime mistress... more »
Good writing exists between as-few-words-as-you-need and as-many-words-as-you-want, says Benjamin…