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Get to the city of canals before it disappears -- and don't forget to grab Calvino, James and, of course, Thomas Mann.
By Allen Barra
June 26, 2006
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Henry James reminded me, once again, that suffering can bring great rewards.
By Elizabeth Gaffney
August 1, 2005
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What made Henry James a great writer? In Colm Toibin's richly rewarding new novel about the Anglo-American literary giant, it's the same thing that made him miss his best opportunities for happiness.
By Laura Miller
July 7, 2004
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Andrew Hacker talks about his new book "Mismatch" and why women are so fed up with the opposite sex.
By Sheerly Avni
March 12, 2003
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My list includes Toni Morrison, Henry James, Faulkner and Beckett. Why are there some great writers we just cannot read?
By Tom Bissell
May 28, 2002
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Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001
By Joyce Millman
January 3, 2001
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The author of "Autobiography of a Face" picks five classics about life abroad.
By Lucy Grealy
April 17, 2000
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The poet and translator picks five seriously ridiculous novels.
By Richard Howard
March 6, 2000
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Women at elite universities may have broken the ivory ceiling, but they're still battling old-fashioned discrimination.
By Ann Douglas
October 11, 1999
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Biographer Jay Parini on his favorite biographies, about such writers as James Joyce, Henry James, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope and Ralph Waldo Emerson
By Jay Parini
November 19, 1997
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The opulent costume picture 'The Wings of the Dove' proves that a movie can be all dressed up and still have somewhere interesting to go.
By Laura Miller
November 14, 1997
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Agnieszka Holland's admirably faithful version of Henry James' "Washington Square" puts the novel under glass.
By Laura Miller
October 10, 1997
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"The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James
By Jeffrey Eugenides
September 30, 1996