Where we see ourselves, darkly
More than a century after its publication, why are we still so haunted by Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness?
More than a century after its publication, why are we still so haunted by Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness?
Strand Magazine will serialize five chapters of an unfinished and previously unpublished novel that Graham Greene wrote at 22.
The other night Max and I were talking with his dad about C.S. Lewis, a writer whose ideas about religion and culture they’re both considerably more persuaded by than I am. (To say the least. Fortunately, my response to books like Mere Christianity has softened over the years into a sort of incredulous amusement.) Because Max and I both enjoyed . . .
A Big Read grant will help fund the Ransom Center’s exhibition on The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, which opens in September.
Katherine Dunn (Geek Love) admires Kate Christensen’s novels. (The Epicure’s Lament is her favorite.)