Title Menu: 10 Great "Minor" Works by Major Writers
/The great writers of the ages were hardly (often) one-hit wonders. In praise of diversity, the staff at OLM celebrate the lesser-known b-sides of some pretty well known pens.
Read MoreAmerican Aristocracy | GODS OF COPLEY SQUARE | Centerpiece 7
/"The Gods of Copley Square"s spirited multi-part examination of Boston's Trinity Church (and its indomitable bishop-saint) comes to its conclusion right where it should: at the heart of worship
Read MoreFrom the Archives: A Voyeur in the Archives
/"Ellis, Leyner, Leavitt, Franzen, Powers…their fictions reduce to complaints and self-pity. Dostoevski has balls.” This and other gleanings from a trip to the David Foster Wallace archives.
Read MoreIn Advance of Failure Foreseen
/John Updike once affably damned James Agee as a wasted talent who failed to cultivate his craft. Liza Birnbaum replies with a defense of the glories of Agee's ragged, heartfelt work.
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth the First
/Elizabeth Hardwick joined the literary world of mid-20th century Manhattan with every intention of making her mark upon it - which she did, in review after inimitable review, taking American book-discourse to levels and places it had never reached before
Read MoreLove at First Glans
/Nicholson Baker's provocative new book is an attempt at mainstream literary pornography, but does it suffer from the same performance anxiety as other novelistic efforts to depict sex?
Read MoreThe Mutilated World
/The attacks of 9/11 evoked reactions from writers around the world, and journalist Scott Malcolmson finds fault with a great many of them - but does he do any better a job himself?
Read MoreCarson McCullers and Her Crowd
/She's been praised by Oprah and cut by Joyce Carol Oates; the nature of Carson McCullers' prose has always confounded some readers and pleased others. We read her again.
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