Robert Minto

Robert Minto is an essayist and storyteller. His complete bibliography and his monthly newsletter about reading can both be found at robertminto.com.

Articles

“Only Lovers Live in the Present”: On the Notebooks of Patricia Highsmith
The noir author’s personal notebooks have a claim to be her life’s major work.
Robert MintoDec 16, 2021
- Literary Criticism
Trying to Photograph a Hummingbird: Essays upon Essays
A new collection of methodical studies of a highly unmethodical form.
Robert MintoJul 27, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
What They Wrote About the War
George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Mann on militarism and civilization.
Robert MintoApr 21, 2021
- Politics
Unpacking Wharton’s Library
Robert Minto reviews Sheila Liming’s “What a Library Means to a Woman: Edith Wharton and the Will to Collect Books.”
Robert MintoJun 8, 2020
- Literary Criticism
Beneath the Mucous-Paper: On D. H. Lawrence’s “The Bad Side of Books”
Robert Minto gets “the full Lawrence experience” from “The Bad Side of Books: Selected Essays of D. H. Lawrence.”
Robert MintoMar 18, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
The Struggle to Feel: On Benjamin Moser’s “Sontag: Her Life and Work”
Robert Minto interprets “Sontag: Her Life and Work” by Benjamin Moser.
Robert MintoSep 17, 2019
- Biography & Autobiography
The Window and the World: On Joshua Sperling’s “A Writer of Our Time: The Life and Work of John Berger”
Robert Minto looks at “A Writer of Our Time: The Life and Work of John Berger” by Joshua Sperling.
Robert MintoDec 12, 2018
The Wound in the Willows
Rewriting Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s story.
Robert MintoMar 8, 2018
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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