Whitmore, 1969
Back from Vietnam, seeking salvation in Bob Dylan
Stories by Richard Russo, Cynthia Ozick, Tim Gautreaux, and others; E.L. Doctorow on historical fiction, Francine Prose on reading like a writer, Megan Marshall on academic discourse and adulterous intercourse; and much more.
Back from Vietnam, seeking salvation in Bob Dylan
“Oh, you’ll succeed just fine,” he told her. “You’ll just never be any good.”
The treacherous route to Lagos
A love story
Uncle Simon was crazy about words. Really crazy
Learning to write by learning to read
What campus novels can teach us
Who would give up the Iliad for the “real” historical record?
A junkyard mystery
This is the seventh in a series of archival excerpts in honor of the magazine's 150th anniversary.
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