Goodbye, Palmyra
April 28, 2017 ·
Islamic State, antiquities, Brooke Allen
Paul Veyne, the great French historian of the ancient world and a professor at the Collège de France since 1975, has declared Palmyra, Pompeii, and Ephesus to be the three most extraordinary archaeological sites in the world. Among the three, though, the prize would probably have to go to Palmyra,…
The Tell-Tale Artist
September 28, 2009 ·
Brooke Allen, Magazine, Books and Arts
Edgar Allan Poe, whose bicentennial we celebrate this year, holds a troubled and unique place in our national literature.
Pale Horse, Pale Writer
October 27, 2008 ·
Brooke Allen, Magazine, Books and Arts
Katherine Anne Porter
Pursuit of Love
June 25, 2007 ·
Brooke Allen, Magazine, Books and Arts
Edith Wharton
A Burnt-Out Case
December 4, 2006 ·
Brooke Allen, Magazine, Books and Arts
A Study in Greene
Turn on the Gass
September 25, 2006 ·
Brooke Allen, Magazine, Books and Arts
A Temple of Texts
Dr. Leavis, I Presume?
May 22, 2006 ·
Brooke Allen, Magazine, Books and Arts
F.R. Leavis
Novel Efforts
May 31, 2004 ·
Brooke Allen, Magazine, Books and Arts
Little Black Book of Stories
P.R. in D.C.
January 12, 2004 ·
Brooke Allen, Magazine, Books and Arts
Bad Publicity