In Search of Isabel Bolton

by Alice Lowe

In his 1946 New Yorker review of Do I Wake or Sleep, Edmund Wilson, one of the most prominent critics of his day, called Isabel Bolton’s voice “exquisitely perfect in accent.” Continue reading →

Secret Lives: Katherine Heiny’s Single, Carefree, Mellow

by Joe Schuster

The truth is, however, that . . . you did not, of course, disappear. You were just continuing to live your life and write—write a lot. It was just that most people did not notice. Continue reading →

Diana Athill: The Sufficient Self

by Amy Weldon

And all of us can be encouraged by what Athill and her books exemplify—that time can be a burgeoning writer’s greatest friend, if she pays attention. Continue reading →