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Malcolm Cowley, Life Coach

In the fall of 1946, my grandfather was twenty years old and back home in Pittsburgh, having completed his English degree at Purdue and a tour with the navy. Though he was expected to join the family...

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What We’re Loving: Dune, Anno, Common Prayer

Not long ago I had the honor of officiating at the wedding of a Swede and a Russian Jew. It was not a religious ceremony (unless you count the Universal Life Church), but when the three of us sat down...

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A Stowaway to the Thanatosphere: My Voyage Beyond Apollo with Norman Mailer

We’re out this week, but we’re re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2012 while we’re away. We hope you enjoy—and have a happy New Year! On a brisk December day in 1972, the SS Statendam left...

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Malcolm Cowley Learns to Love the Bomb

Malcolm Cowley.   From a 1945 letter from Malcolm Cowley, who was born on this day in 1898, to literary theorist Kenneth Burke. R.F.D Gaylordsville, Connecticut August 24, 1945 {NL} Dear Kenneth: It’s...

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On Writer’s Block: Advice from Twelve Writers

  Our Writers at Work series, which spans sixty-five years of interviews with nearly four hundred writers, offers no shortage of advice. Should this multitude seem daunting, fear not! The editors of...

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