Auden to Cyril Connolly on publication of Enemies of Promise in 1938
“You really write about writing in the only way which is interesting to anyone except academics, as a real occupation like banking or fucking.”
“You really write about writing in the only way which is interesting to anyone except academics, as a real occupation like banking or fucking.”
Patricia Highsmith’s books “generally conclude that life is little more than an absurdity and a cheat, when not a downright horror.”
Granta acquires Rupert Thomson’s next two books, a memoir and novel, with the aim of acquainting a broader readership with his work.
At Book Court next Monday (6/15), A Public Space celebrates the publication of its eighth issue.
“I had made it a policy to avoid writers as much as possible” — from Bukowski’s previously unpublished forward to William Wantling’s 7 on Style.