Ian Frazier on why Ring Lardner is “a major figure in twentieth-century letters”
The power of Ann Petry: “the issues . . . she faces resonate with our times”
Forrest Gander: Writing from the edge of the abyss—the books that influenced Be With
Henry James, “Brooksmith”
Rudyard Kipling, “An Interview with Mark Twain”
Liz Petry on her mother, Ann Petry: private but dedicated to service—and her art
Washington Irving, “The Spectre Bridegroom”
Kali Fajardo-Anstine: the “old universal truths” of Chicano pioneer Arturo Islas
Jane Leavy, “The Man Baseball Forgot Plays the Hand He’s Dealt”
Remembering “the Proteus of American poets,” W. S. Merwin, 1927–2019