Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.

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A whole generation of writers dined out on the dialectic between original cultures and their...

A whole generation of writers dined out on the dialectic between original cultures and their...

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The...

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The...

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

The tension between yes and o, between I can and I cannot, makes us feel...

The tension between yes and o, between I can and I cannot, makes us feel...

There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play...

There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play...

People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be...

People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be...

Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.

Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.

The first divorce in the world may have been a tragedy, but the hundred-millionth is...

The first divorce in the world may have been a tragedy, but the hundred-millionth is...

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's...

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's...

It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking...

It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking...

We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars.

We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars.

Ruefulness is one of the classical tones of American fiction. It fosters a native, deglamorized...

Ruefulness is one of the classical tones of American fiction. It fosters a native, deglamorized...

His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the...

His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the...

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back...

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back...

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed...

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed...

The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives...

The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives...

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's...

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's...

I'm an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house.

I'm an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house.

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you