A tale of two Edgars, and the predestination of names
The words of E.L. Doctorow, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 84, got me through tough times when I was a lonely college student at NYU
Fact versus fiction (versus other people’s facts)
Jotted down: letters, diaries, recipes, and other random scribblings
Literary lives: as the Seder nears, books by tale-tellers, praiseworthy and otherwise
A night with Tom Stoppard and the Belarus Free Theatre
Harry Houdini exhibited two very different public faces—master of escape and anti-mystical firebrand—that were united by his Jewishness
Doctorow and Oz have a chance; Jacobson remains underdog
What we’re reading—and rereading—this season
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