Herman Charles Bosman

Elaine M Kauvar"[Ozick's] range of influences is obvious in the fine selections of poems and short stories as well as essays from Art & Ardor (1983) and Metaphor and Memory...

Author: Ian Bostridge Ian Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers of our time, celebrated both for the quality of his voice and for the exceptional intelligence he brings to...

AA GillEvery weekend A.A. Gill entertains readers of the Sunday Times with his biting observations on television and his unsparing, deeply knowledgeable restaurant reviews. He is one of a tiny...

Yaakov WolfsonThe Strength to ChangeOn a ride across the Verrazano Bridge, Yaakov Wolfson hears the story of a man who had the courage to cross another sort of bridge -...

Annie DallardAnnie Dillard remembers. She remembers the exhilaration of whipping a snowball at a car and having it hit straight on. She remembers playing with the skin on her mother's...

Stephen Jay GouldRanging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "cardboard Darwinism," and...

Anne FadimanIn At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay—a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth...

David Sedaris In David Sedaris’s world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz, and the National Enquirer, Sedaris’s collection of essays...

WG SebaldCampo Santo is a collection of essays by W. G. SebaldWhen W.G. Sebald died tragically in 2001 a unique voice was silenced. Campo Santo is a collection of the...

Edward WagenknechtA collection of critical and analytical essays which examine the enduring works of the English classical poet

Nora Ephron The classic "Crazy Salad," by screenwriting legend and novelist Nora Ephron, is an extremely funny, deceptively light look at a generation of women (and men) who helped shape...