Literary journalist Michael Dirda reflects on how books, comics, poetry, and adventures stories shaped his life, recalling the fictional characters and assorted literature that fueled his mind as a child.
Pulitzer Prize winning author Gail Caldwell conveys her own memories of her childhood in Texas and her admiration for her father, her college life in Austin during the 1960s and 1970, the peace and liberation movements of that era, and her own growth and development as an author.
Author Gail Caldwell reflects on her friendship with Caroline Knapp, discussing various aspects of their relationship and Caroline's battle with terminal lung cancer.
Presents a biography of T.S. Eliot, exploring the scope of his poetic work and his modern legacy. Also tackles issues within Eliot's personal life, considering what brought about these difficulties and how they reflected on his body of work and out interpretation of it.
Facing an inexorable assault on far more than his life, successful family man and bestselling novelist Cullen "Cubby" Greenwich finds himself in a desperate struggle with relentless sociopath and reclusive critic Shearman Waxx.
