Christopher Carduff, 1956–2023
On the late editor & former New Criterion colleague.
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On the late editor & former New Criterion colleague.
Eric Ormsby on the collected novels and stories of William Maxwell.
In her new biography of Maeve Brennan, Angela Bourke includes two photographs taken around 1948. In one, Brennan, a delicate-looking young woman dressed in black, is sitting in front of the fire looking over her shoulder, a cigarette in her left hand. With her hair fixed tightly in a bun and her lips pursed, she looks like a fashion model.
Maeve with her beloved labrador, Bluebell, in East Hampton, New York in 1962. By Elizabeth Toomey, Contributor In her new biography of Maeve Brennan, Angela Bourke includes two photographs taken around 1948. In one, Brennan, a delicate-looking young woman dressed in black, is sitting in front of the fire looking over her shoulder, a cigarette in her left hand. With her hair fixed tightly in a bun and her lips pursed, she looks like a fashion model. In another photo from the same shoot, Maeve is standing by the fire, one hand on the mantelpiece, the other still holdin...