Henry James on Louisa May Alcott’s Moods
Henry James, “weary of stories about precocious little girls,” shredded Miss Alcott’s first novel.
Henry James, “weary of stories about precocious little girls,” shredded Miss Alcott’s first novel.
“Physically, I’d flown the Southern coop. Mentally? Not then, not now.” Kit Meads contemplates The Mind of the South.
The National Book Critics Circle has unveiled its new monthly recommended books list — which, as I understand it, is designed to provide alternatives to mainstream bestseller lists — by posting inaugural selections covering all of 2007. MaudNewton.com favorites Junot Díaz and Edwidge Danticat top the fiction and nonfiction lists, respectively. Head over to Critical Mass for the full selections, . . .
Charles Portis’ True Grit is republished for its 40th anniversary. In a saner world, it would never have gone out of print.
U.S. State Dept. records detail William Faulkner’s travels abroad, which are little-studied by biographers.