Paul Bowles

Bowles' Detached Life, Lonely, Artistic, but Satisfied

Paul Bowles, A Life , by Virginia Spencer Carr. Scribner, 409 pages, $35.  read more »

At Heart, I'm A Provincial New Yorker

My friend, myreader. Slippery streets. Gray skies, mufflers pulled tight, boots stained by  read more »

How to Dress a Billionaire: Three Ways to Save Daddy Warbucks' Wardrobe

Sartorial ineptitude is rife among wealthy older men in the Hamptons– and nobody seems to care !Th  read more »

The Curiously Strong Paul Bowles: 'I've Never Had Any Plans at All'

The fax from Virginia Spencer Carr, Paul Bowles' friend and biographer, directed me to an apartment  read more »