The King of All Media is adding yet another organ to his empire. Howard Stern, the original shock jock, has announced that he is moving from terrestrial radio to satellite...
Is there anything Julian Barnes can’t do? One of Britain’s leading literary lights, Barnes is the author of nine novels (including Flaubert’s Parrot, a slightly metafictional meditation on the author of Madame...
Looking for proof of life in that American institution, the short story, can seem like a fool’s errand. Few magazines publish short stories. Few Americans read them – you won’t...
The working title of Evelyn Waugh’s second novel, Vile Bodies, was Bright Young Things. I suspect the change in the novel’s tone had something to do with the swap. Midway through writing...
Does anyone read serious fiction anymore? For years, we’ve been hearing laments about the declining sales of novels. And hardly anyone seems to read short stories these days–the women’s magazines...
Ring season is finally over. Men propose throughout the year, of course. But Christmas, New Year’s, and Valentine’s Day are the three most popular times. At least that’s the impression...
