Francine Prose

Sobriety With a Subtext: On the Wagon, Off the Dole

Roddy Doyle (b. 1958) is the author of seven previous novels.
Roddy Doyle (b. 1958) is the author of seven previous novels.

Paula Spencer has already been out a while in Britain, where Roddy Doyle is a bigger deal than in Am  read more »

The Anthology Orgy

"I keep getting e-mails from people saying, 'I'm putting together an anthology about early menopause  read more »

The Iraq Debate: These Guys Aren't Dummies

As celebrities and other flimsy public figures have broadcast their opinions on the question of war  read more »

A Writer's Midlife Crisis Made Seriously Funny

Blue Angel , by Francine Prose. Harper Collins, 314 pages, $25.  read more »

He Who Wears Failure Shoes Succeeds

The excerpt from Jonathan Franzen's forthcoming third novel that appears in the spring issue of Conj  read more »