George Orwell

Ornithology and Birds

I have just begun Cyril Connolly’s Enemies of Promise, which, like Orwell’s “Inside the Whale,” is an examination of the state...

So where am I going with this muddled train of thought? Damned if I know. Looking over what I’ve written so far, I am reminded...

What am I saying here? That allegory always makes for bad writing? Absolutely not. Orwell himself wrote an effective little...

So what really matters in fiction? What you say, or how you say it? I’ve just read a hundred and eight pages of Hesse’s Narziß...

Had a pleasant chat with my printer today. Fortunately, the books are done! Unfortunately, they won’t ship till Monday. It’s...