The essential chutzpah
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own persona.” Jim Shepard quotes Oscar Wilde in a piece on using real life in fiction.
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own persona.” Jim Shepard quotes Oscar Wilde in a piece on using real life in fiction.
Richard Russo will write the script for an untitled HBO series about the ongoing Catskills Gas Rush.
Quotations scholar says Mark Twain is the most common victim of erroneous quote attribution in the U.S.
Joan Acocella’s profile sent me off on a Hilary Mantel binge several years ago. I started with Beyond Black and quickly made my way through most of the rest of her work. Now Wolf Hall beckons, but I don’t want to start in on it until I have a chunk of time to focus properly. Meanwhile, I’m bookmarking this video . . .