The Wilson Quarterly has drastically cut its staff and will likely cease publication after four decades of distinguished journalism. Paul Maliszewski, a longtime reader and occasional contributor to the quarterly, reflects on the magazine’s past and tries to get answers about its future.
Influential cultural theorist Stuart Hall has died at the age of 82.
The conservative imprint Threshold Editions is planning a biography of Chris Christie, which is scheduled to be published in the spring of 2015. The book’s author, Matt Katz, has reported on the governor for his blog, the Christie Chronicles, as well as for WNYC and elsewhere.
Will a new volume of Robert Frost’s letters change our image of the poet? Frost’s authorized biographer, Lawrance Thompson, depicted a cold, cruel man, but scholars are promising a more nuanced picture will emerge with the fullest ever publication of Frost’s correspondence.
Author Walter Kirn expresses his admiration, hopes, and fears in an open letter (in video form) to Gary Shteyngart.