JAMES SALTER'S LATEST NOVEL, All That Is, explores the passage of time, the range and complexity of human relationships, and the trials of fidelity, lust, and revenge. The protagonist, Philip Bowman, is a naval officer who becomes an editor at a ...

I FIRST READ André Aciman, fittingly, while living in Harvard Square. My narrative nonfiction class was assigned "Lavender," his essay originally published in the Harvard Review. Aciman’s descriptions of place, smell, and memories moved me; his essay is ...