Walker Percy memorialized
Loyola University honors the author of The Moviegoer by establishing the Walker Percy Center for Writing and Publishing.
Loyola University honors the author of The Moviegoer by establishing the Walker Percy Center for Writing and Publishing.
“Though it is a comedy, Candide is also about what philosophers have called ‘the problem of evil.’” Eric Palmer suggests cover images for Voltaire’s masterpiece.
In the current A Public Space, Yiyun Li translates the letters of Chinese writer Shen Congwen, who stopped writing fiction after a nervous breakdown and saw his books burned. (Via.)
As the 25th anniversary of Philip Larkin’s death approaches, a statue of the poet has been commissioned. See also Alex Balk’s ranking of his poems.
Iris Murdoch’s letters to David Morgan, a student who became her lover, are collected in With Love and Rage, a new book out tomorrow.