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The double book-keeping of Christopher Hitchens.

Book publishers have always predicted that the end was nigh. When it does come they will have only themselves to blame.

A new anthology of essays captures the many faces of Lincoln over the decades.

Postcard From Nebraska

Dannebrog, Neb.

James Wood may be the best literary critic we have, but the status he enjoys reveals just how far we have fallen.

A new collection of Gore Vidal's essays showcases five decades of literary and political criticism, with his mocking, disenchanted patriotism in all its eloquence.

Edmund Wilson's politics have long been criticized, but his views were more nuanced than you might think.

The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin explores one of the most influential novels in American history.

Daniel Fuchs's The Golden West is best read as an
author's requiem for the Hollywood he loved.

Sean Wilsey's new memoir is a vulnerable, aching, unresolved account of growing up rich amid San Francisco's high society.