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Still at the Top of His Game: On Nicholas Delbanco’s “Why Writing Matters”
Nick Owchar examines Nicholas Delbanco’s 2020 book “Why Writing Matters” in the context of the author’s career....
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Nick Owchar
Nick Owchar is executive director of advancement communications at Claremont Graduate University; he blogs regularly at Call of the Siren.
Articles
The Bookseller as Humanist: A Conversation with Ross King
Nick Owchar talks with Ross King on his book about the Italian bookseller who spurred the Renaissance....
Making Room for Santa in Tolkien’s Legendarium
A dragon’s horde of new holiday editions of J. R. R. Tolkien....
The Final Treasure from the Tolkien Hoard
Christopher Tolkien wraps up a four-decade curation of his father’s legacy....
Staying Nimble with a Diet of Jokes and a Pinch of Stephen Hawking: A Conversation with Leonard Mlodinow
Nick Owchar talks to Leonard Mlodinow, physicist and the author of five best-selling books, including "The Grand Design," co-authored by Stephen Hawking....
A Man of Little Consequence
On “Six Four” by Hideo Yokoyama....
Knowing Things
Youval Shimoni’s “A Room” — a dense, stubborn, daunting, exhilarating masterpiece....
Dark and Dreary … and Real
"The Dead Duke" is ideal reading, like ghost and detective stories, for the days of the year when evening arrives early and temperatures are dropping....
Decline and Fall
Joseph Nye, the former dean at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, says the American century isn't over yet....
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Stabbing a man to death isn’t easy....
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