2025 Archive (3 found)
A Portrait of the Scholar
June 1, 2025 | The American Scholar
Does biography illuminate the work of an artist? James Joyce slyly poked at this age-old question in his 1922 novel Ulysses. In one of the book’s many meandering scenes, Stephen Dedalus and a group of literary associates banter
Ink-Stained Life
May 20, 2025 | The Wall Street Journal
Before he became a spy or a novelist, Ian Fleming was a newspaperman. In 1933 he reported for Reuters on a blockbuster show trial in the Soviet Union in which a group of British engineers faced trumped-up charges of espionage.
A Book-Lined Retreat
February 20, 2025 | The Wall Street Journal
Picture a humble study. It is situated on a house’s second floor, near the bedrooms, forming an inner sanctum removed from the bustle of the street. A lamp sits on a desk to give a working writer plenty of light. Books line the walls from floor to ceiling