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Isaac Bashevis Singer’s older brother, a €100 million Botticelli in Italy, on making friends, the Great Poets’ Brawl of 1968, and more.

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November 2023

The End of "The Telegraph" and "Spectator" as We Know Them?

Also: Collin Garbarino’s favorite books, the birth of the chapter, the world’s most eclectic dictionary collection, and more.

Nov 29 •

Ezra Pound’s Music

The prophetic "Brothers Karamazov," a history of medieval bathing, Ernst Jünger’s long view, and more.

Nov 27 •

Best Books Lists

Also: A $20-billion shipwreck, the return of psychoanalysis, a satire of cancel culture, the real Charles Dickens, and more.

Nov 22 •

On Censorious Criticism

Also: Derek Parfit’s good life, a strange and lovely book about Albrecht Dürer, the politics of Alexis de Tocqueville, and more.

Nov 20 •

Lab meat, a history of interest, the life of a professional puzzle maker, the value and limits of logic, and more.

Nov 18 •

The Art of the Series

What is it about crime fiction in series that is so appealing?

Nov 17 •

On Returning Home

Also: In praise of sea shanties, investigating First Folios, weak stereotypes, George Scialabba’s prose, and more.

Nov 15 •

Study of American literary awards published, the conservatism and ghosts of Russell Kirk, the hidden lives of the Barclay brothers, the Florentine Codex…

Nov 11 •

Reading for Pleasure

Also: Lost French love letters from the 1750s, Sigrid Nunez’s “lockdown novel,” Anthony Hecht’s formalism, Italo Calvino at 100, and more.

Nov 8 •

Also: The altered states of early modern people, the electrical performances of the 18th century, hidden shoes, Whit Stillman memorabilia, and more.

Nov 6 •

“Lapham’s Quarterly” goes on hiatus, the letters of Ray Bradbury, the many lives of Moscow’s Metropol hotel, and more.

Nov 4 •

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