Saul Bellow
The Critic as Pugilist, Champion of High Art
Jill Krementz
Lee Siegel (b. 1957), a confrontational enthusiast.
The cultural critic Lee Siegel is known as something of a terror for his slashing, razor-sharp essay read more »
The Right-Wing Scion King
Young Thing: Matthew Continetti.
In two weeks, Doubleday will ship copies of The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican M read more »
Writing, Religion, Nationality: A Close Look in the Mirror
Who We Are: On Being (and Not Being) a Jewish American Writer, edited by Derek Rubin. read more »
Mr. Bellow's Planet: Amis, McEwan Snatch Saul's Herring Soul
One opened The New York Times expectantly, two days after Saul Bellow's death, ready for the Op-Ed t read more »
Saul Bellow (1915-2005)
Saul Bellow, Nobel laureate and dean of Jewish-American fiction, passed away on Tuesday, April 5. read more »
Coddling the Elite, Admiring Nepotism's Ancient Pedigree
In Praise of Nepotism: A Natural History , by Adam Bellow. read more »
Ravelstein, Is That You?
In Ravelstein , author Saul Bellow depicts the title character of his latest novel, Abe Ravelstein, read more »
Roth Roars Again, Pitiless, Raging Against Age, Illness
The Dying Animal , by Philip Roth. read more »
Bellow, Marvelous, Monstrous, Scores the Right Biographer
Bellow: A Biography , by James Atlas. read more »
All for a Liberace Smile? Amis in the Dentist's Chair
Experience: A Memoir , by Martin Amis. read more »
Chicama and Patria Clash on Park Avenue South
Patria Chef Learns ABC's
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A Writer's Pal, Dread Angel But Constant
I am one of those writers who has learned to live with guilt. Guilt as a constant companion. read more »
In New England, Fading Summer, Solemn Ghosts
Here I am at Truro down near the tip of Cape Cod. read more »
In the Personal Library of Vladimir Nabokov Are Clues to the Esoteric Obsessions of the Supreme Esthete.
Needless to say, I pounced on the Pale Fire s first. read more »
Roth, Mailer, Bellow Running Out of Gas
There comes a moment-it is scored in the evolving grain of things-when the balance between a father read more »
