The King of the Highbrow Paperback, and More

Jason Epstein can lay claim to several titles, but perhaps none as consequential as king of the highbrow paperback... more »

Late in his short life, Baudelaire was honest, ugly, and at odds with himself. Self-lashings alternated with self-help clichés ... more »

When literary London was all cutthroat gossip, boozy lunches, men behaving badly, and parties,…