If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?!

Cynthia Heimel has been described by the Chicago Tribune as perhaps our funniest war correspondent on the war between the sexes ; her wisdom on dating includes such gems as: My new rule is to never...

The Power of Personal Storytelling

You're stuck in an endless, dull conversation. As the speaker drones on, your mind wanders, until you hear the words, ''I remember once when I was..'' Your ears perk up. You become engrossed. An anecd...

Domaine Etranger- Les Livres Tiennent Tout Seuls Sur Leurs Pieds

Pour Virginia Woolf, les livres doivent tenir tout seuls sur leurs pieds : ils n'ont besoin d'aucune exégèse pour être appréciés par leurs lecteurs. C'est vrai mais cela ne l'a pas empêchée – pour not...

You Animal Machine (the Golden Greek)

This is the tale of Melena, five times married, mother of three, burlesque dancer, and the toughest, hardest-assed woman to ever eat wood and bite nails. Located in history and memory, her life crac...

Driving Home

For more than thirty years, Jonathan Raban has written with infectious fascination about people and places in transition or on the margins, about journeys undertaken and destinations never quite reach...

The Metropolitan Critic

In 1974 The Metropolitan Critic started a new trend in cultural comment which has since become an orthodoxy. The young Clive James was the first journalist in London to talk about high culture and pop...

U mag alles over mij schrijven

Karel van het Reve is niet alleen een van de meest geciteerde schrijvers van Nederland, hij werd ook veelvuldig geïnterviewd voor kranten, weekbladen, radio en televisie. In U mag alles over mij schr...

Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land

Perhaps best known for his discovery of the Mayan ruins in the Yucatan, lawyer-turned-archaeologist John Lloyd Stephens (1805–1852) was the author of a number of highly praised travel books. The prese...

Notizhefte

Die Lieblingsepoche des Autors ist fraglos das 18. Jahrhundert der Rousseau und Montesquieu, gerade wegen der Geständnisfreude, mit der es seine Leidenschaften bekennt. Vor allem aber interessiert ihn...

Confessions of an Accidental Professor

Hannah Arendt Joodse essays

Letter to an Editor