Ruth Scurr on the master biographer Robert A. Caro, whose subjects include Robert Moses, Lyndon B. Johnson and, now, himself; Dmitri Levitin talks us through Diogenes Laertius' Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, an eccentric and often inaccurate guide to early thinkers; Why bother with literary criticism? Whither this generation's Lionel Trilling? Michael LaPointe joins us to discuss
Working: Researching, interviewing, writing by Robert A. Caro
American Audacity: In defense of literary daring by William Giraldi
Hater: On the virtues of utter disagreeability by John Semley
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius, translated by Pamela Mensch
From Paris To The Prairies
There May Be Trouble Ahead
Silently And Very Fast
Charm School
Back Of The Net!
Lost In Space
The Handmaids' Tales
History in the Making
Finding Tongues In Trees
Punching Above Their Weight
Sing, O muses!
Elegies And Energies
Back To The Future
Back to School!
Power Play
To the Scriptorium!
Nevertheless, They Persisted
The Pursuit Of The Interesting
Femmes Fatales
Natural Passions
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