From now on, when people inquire how I feel about working a day job, I think I’ll defer to Philip Larkin. Asked about his life as a University of Hull librarian, the poet replied: Taking it all in all, work and I get on fairly well, I think. There are just these occasions when one would like to prove it . . .
Muriel Spark’s 1992 autobiography has been characterized as purse-lipped, sterile, and withholding, a manipulative account designed to settle scores and divert attention from anything unflattering. Curriculum Vitae may be more factual than confessional, but judged on its own terms rather than by the standards of the contemporary tell-all, the book is a charming, idiosyncratic, and closely observed personal history, one . . .
CUNY’s Endangered Language Alliance seeks to record speakers of dying languages, many of whom live in New York City.
Mark Twain is often called the father of American literature, but his influence extends across the globe.