March 2007
Shall We in That Great Night Rejoice?
Steve Donoghue assesses all of twentieth century literature. That’s correct: all of twentieth century literature. Don’t believe it…?
Childe Harold’s Children
Sam Sacks looks into the breakout debuts of young novelists to determine how youth, ambition, and general cluelessness affect the writing of these early works.
Peer Review: Martin Amis’s “Nasty Glitter”
In this monthly feature, John Cotter reviews the reviewers of Martin Amis’s House of Meetings, from the gossip-slingers to the fellow fiction writers.
Two From Tarpaulin Sky Press
Elisa Gabbert examines two genre-expanding books of poetry by Jenny Boully and Max Winter.
Forgotten Friends: Nicholas Monsarrat
In this monthly feature, Steve Donoghue touts the overlooked sea novels of Nicholas Monsarrat.
The Institute of Nautical Archaeology
A poem by Shafer Hall.
The Poison Tree
Sam Sacks reviews The Castle in the Forest, Norman Mailer’s new novel about evil and Hitler and, amazingly, not about Norman Mailer.
The Open Letters Quiz: Firsts!
Readers plumb their knowledge each month for that most coveted of all prizes: a book selected by Steve Donoghue.
The Cover Photo for July comes to us from Kirsten Lewis, a documentary photographer based in Richmond, Virginia. She specializes in wedding, birth, maternity and commercial photography –
please visit her at her website, Innate Photographics.
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