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On Epitaphic Fictions: Ben Franklin, W. B. Yeats
The first in a three-part series on writers’ epitaphs. John Singer Sargent, William Butler Yeats, 1908 “In lapidary inscriptions, a man is not upon oath.” —Samuel Johnson Got a brittle, expensive...
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On Epitaphic Fictions: Robert Louis Stevenson, Philip Larkin
The second in a three-part series on writers’ epitaphs. Read yesterday’s installment here. John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887 There is very little that’s puzzling about...
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On Epitaphic Fictions: Primo Levi
The final entry in our three-part series on writers’ epitaphs. Read yesterday’s installment here, and Monday’s here. Primo Levi’s grave, in Turin. The poet and memoirist Primo Levi was buried in Turin...
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What We’re Loving: Lovers, Lizards, Lowry
The Jesus Lizard, in a photograph from The Jesus Lizard Book. I don’t usually go in for collections of letters; it’s hard to imagine sitting down and reading one cover to cover. But I couldn’t resist...
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On Swift
William Powell Frith, Jonathan Swift and Vanessa, 1881. Jonathan Swift is 349 years old today. Which is to say he’s beginning his 350th year. What was he anyway? Or never mind what he was; what did...
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