The Mawkishness of Michael Ignatieff, and More

Emotions are amorphous. Attempts to catalog them, in order to master them, are doomed to fail ... more »

The unbearable mawkishness of Michael Ignatieff. He is never so platitudinous as he is regarding consolation ... more »

A literary injustice: The ambitious, serious Russell Hoban is best remembered for his children’s books about Frances the Badger  ...