Is there such a thing as ‘progress’ in literature? Now there’s a can of worms. Can you say, for example, that good books today...
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In a story called “The Sandman” by Donald Barthelme there is a fine statement on the state of the artist. There is no such...
Bloomsbury and Seasonal Affective Disorder
I used to find it almost impossible to start a book and not finish it. You want to know how it turns out, right? You don’t...
Intended to be Read Twice
What makes good fiction? At some level this is certainly a useless question, as ultimately it boils down to a matter of taste. ...
Cyril Connolly
Fortunately, it’s taken me this long to get around to writing about Part II of Connolly’s Enemies of Promise. Fortunately,...