How Cúchulainn was sick of the World and of all that was in it

Deals with an Escape and a Journey

He hated middlebrow and appreciated madness.

His career recapitulated the mystery of the blues in miniature.

The Rat — and Samavia

His grand-scale pixels pull you close.

He envisions a library system that is truly for all.

Brazilian masterpieces small and humongous.

Nick Fury

Why the Devil is not to be debited with all our Sins

His boarding-school girls smoked, gambled and even murdered.

Lover of noise, angel of the unaccepted.

The First Battle of the Cruives

Black mask

Inspiring role model and cautionary tale.

Eat your heart out, Indiana Jones.

“It Is Not a Game”

Fiercely intelligent, race-conscious yet jovial comedy.

The best adventure novels from 1964 — 50 years ago.

She transformed the field of Comparative Literature — and me.

Why the Censors were so Zealous

He fought against “the little men of War and Bias.”

How a Middle-Aged Crusader Accepted a Challenge

Science fiction inspired her to an incisive, productive anger.