The Story So Far

by Charles Miller

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Profile of a great editor: Harold Ross and The New Yorker

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The Years with Ross: A Classic Memoir of The New Yorker's Unforgettable Founder and Golden Era by James Thurber James Thurber's me...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

It seems like a good time to think about appeasement

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Munich by Robert Harris 'Munich' is a clever combination of historical novel and spy thriller. It has something worth saying in ...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Celebrating human uniqueness

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Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves by James Le Fanu James Le Fanu’s book has the worthwhile intention of drawing h...
Thursday, August 15, 2024

Caro's epic biography of LBJ: as gripping as any novel

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The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro Robert A. Caro’s The Years of Lyndon Johnson is historical biography on an almost unimaginable scale....
Sunday, December 4, 2022

Too much poetry for a novel, but perfect for Wes Anderson

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  In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje Apologies to the author, but I'm afraid that by the end, I found this novel annoying and ...
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