Authors

Authors


J.R. Ackerley Camara Laye
Henry Adams Stephen Leacock
Céleste Albaret Munro Leaf
Dante Alighieri Gert Ledig
Elizabeth von Arnim Richard C. Lewontin
William Attaway Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Erich Auerbach Mark Lilla
Esther Averill Jakov Lind
Dorothy Baker Eric Linklater
J.A. Baker Dixon & Ruthanne Long
Russell Baker Malcolm Lowry
Honoré de Balzac Susan Lowry
Max Beerbohm Georg Lukács
S.N. Behrman Rose Macaulay
Eugenia Bell Norman Mailer
Nina Berberova Curzio Malaparte
Alexander Berkman Osip Mandelstam
Isaiah Berlin Olivia Manning
Georges Bernanos J. P. Martin
Nancy Berner Harpo Marx
Rachel Bespaloff John Masefield
Robert Montgomery Bird Michael Massing
Claire Huchet Bishop Guy De Maupassant
Caroline Blackwood Daphne du Maurier
James Cloyd Bowman Mary McCarthy
Malcolm Braly James McCourt
Margaret A. Brucia Larry McMurtry
Sheila Burnford Henri Michaux
John Horne Burns Dana Micucci
Robert Burton Luke Miner
Dino Buzzati Jessica Mitford
Truman Capote Nancy Mitford
Girolamo Cardano Henry de Montherlant
Don Carpenter Alberto Moravia
J. L. Carr Bill Moyers
Joyce Cary Alvaro Mutis
Adolfo Bioy Casares L.H. Myers
Blaise Cendrars V.S. Naipaul
Eileen Chang Andrew J. Nathan
Upamanyu Chatterjee E. Nesbit
Nirad C. Chaudhuri B. Netanyahu
Anton Chekhov Der Nister
Richard Cobb Darcy O'Brien
David Cole Fintan O'Toole
Colette Yuri Olesha
John Collier Iona and Peter Opie
Carlo Collodi Russell Page
Ivy Compton-Burnett Julien Pascal
Barbara Comyns Boris Pasternak
Evan S. Connell Cesare Pavese
Julio Cortazar Luigi Pirandello
Benedetta Craveri Andrey Platonov
Frederick C. Crews John Pope-Hennessy
Harold W. Cruse Jessica Powell
Astolphe de Custine J.F. Powers
Tibor Déry Thomas Powers
Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Christopher Priest
Lorenzo Da Ponte Gilles Pudlowski
Mark Danner Raymond Queneau
Elizabeth David Jonathan Raban
L. J. Davis Raymond Radiguet
Christopher de Bellaigue Steve Radlauer
Edmond and Jules de Goncourt Alastair Reid
Vivant Denon Jean Renoir
Maria Dermout Gregor von Rezzori
G.V. Desani Nathaniel Rich
Joan Didion Rainer Maria Rilke
Eilís Dillon Tim Robinson
Rosemary Dinnage Fr. Rolfe
Steve Dollar David J. Rothman
Arthur Conan Doyle Sheila M. Rothman
Elizabeth Drew William Roughead
Charles Duff Constance Rourke
Elaine Dundy Ingrid D. Rowland
Ronald Dworkin Malise Ruthven
Freeman Dyson Philippe-Paul de Ségur
G.B. Edwards Tayeb Salih
Beth Elon Gershom Scholem
Euripides Daniel Paul Schreber
Félix Fénéon James Schuyler
Eleanor Farjeon Leonardo Sciascia
Graham Farmelo John R. Searle
Penelope Farmer Victor Segalen
J.G. Farrell Victor Serge
Kenneth Fearing Marina Seveso
Patrick Leigh Fermor Shchedrin
Martin Filler Georges Simenon
M.I. Finley Charles Simic
Thomas Flanagan May Sinclair
Masanobu Fukuoka Peter Singer
Carlo Emilio Gadda Barbara Sleigh
Mavis Gallant Tess Slesinger
Théophile Gautier Vladimir Sorokin
Jean Genet Christina Stead
Bruce Gilley Francis Steegmuller
John Glassco Stendhal
P.V. Glob George R. Stewart
Rumer Godden Adalbert Stifter
Emmett Grogan Theodor Storm
Vasily Grossman Howard Sturgis
Diana Reid Haig Italo Svevo
Lucretia P. Hale Harvey Swados
Oakley Hall A.J.A. Symons
Patrick Hamilton François Thomazeau
Peter Handke Henry David Thoreau
Elizabeth Hardwick James Thurber
L.P. Hartley Tatyana Tolstaya
Nathaniel Hawthorne Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sandrine Herman Edward John Trelawny
Janet Hobhouse Lionel Trilling
Stanley Hoffmann Marina Tsvetayeva
Hugo von Hofmannsthal Ivan Turgenev
James Hogg Jules Vallès
Julia Holmes Mark Van Doren
Richard Holmes Carl Van Vechten
Alistair Horne Edward Lewis Wallant
Richard Horton Robert Walser
Geoffrey Household Rex Warner
William Dean Howells Aleksander Wat
Richard Hughes C.V. Wedgwood
Maude Hutchins Simone Weil
Ernst Jünger Steven Weinberg
Henry James H.G. Wells
Tove Jansson Glenway Wescott
David Jones Rebecca West
Joseph Joubert Edith Wharton
Maira Kalman E.B. White
Frigyes Karinthy Patrick White
Pamela Keech T.H. White
Helen Keller Ellen Williams
Yashar Kemal John Williams
Murray Kempton Garry Wills
Joseph Kerman Angus Wilson
David Kidd Edmund Wilson
Robert Kirk Margot and Rudolf Wittkower
Arun Kolatkar Geoffrey Wolff
Tete-Michel Kpomassie Francis Wyndham
Gyula Krúdy John Wyndham
Ruth Krauss Stefan Zweig
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky  

Introducers


André Aciman Laila Lalami
Joan Acocella John Lanchester
Al Alvarez Frances Moore Lappé
Roger Angell James Lasdun
Karen Armstrong Michelle Latiolais
John Ashbery David Leavitt
W.H. Auden David Lehman
Paul Auster Brad Leithauser
Russell Baker Wendy Lesser
Russell Banks Jonathan Lethem
John Banville Suzanne Jill Levine
Elizabeth Wayland Barber Anthony Lewis
Paul T. Barber Margot Livesey
Julian Barnes David Lodge
Andrea Barrett Christopher Looby
Anne Barton Glenn Lowry
Louis Begley John Lukacs
Christopher Benfey Alison Lurie
John Berger Robert Macfarlane
Wendell Berry Derek Mahon
Ray Bradbury David Malouf
Hermann Broch Hilary Mantel
Victor Brombert Greil Marcus
Anita Brookner Adam Mars-Jones
Peter Brooks Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Stephen Budiansky James McCourt
Anthony Burgess John McGahern
Ian Buruma Patrick McGrath
Judith Butler Bill McKibben
A.S. Byatt Larry McMurtry
Christopher Cahill Louis Menand
Italo Calvino Edward Mendelson
James Carroll Daphne Merkin
Terry Castle W.S. Merwin
Michael Chabon Christopher Middleton
Robert Chandler Czeslaw Milosz
Amit Chaudhuri Pankaj Mishra
Nicholas Christopher Albert Mobilio
Catherine Ciepiela Honor Moore
John Clute Susanna Moore
Jean Cocteau Jan Morris
Billy Collins Toni Morrison
Joseph Connors Anka Muhlstein
Peter Coyote Victoria Nelson
Stanley Crouch Geoffrey O'Brien
John Crowley Molly O'Neill
Michael Cunningham Joyce Carol Oates
Rachel Cusk Michael Ondaatje
Mark Danner Grace Paley
Arthur C. Danto Michael Palmer
Kathryn Davis Tim Parks
Lydia Davis Douglas Parmée
Philippe de Rothschild Octavio Paz
Seamus Deane George Pelecanos
W.S. Di Piero Darryl Pinckney
Clarissa Dickson Wright George Plimpton
Joan Didion Robert Polito
Rosemary Dinnage Katha Pollitt
Michael Dirda Katherine A. Powers
E.L. Doctorow Christopher Priest
Denis Donoghue Francine Prose
Geoff Dyer Philip Pullman
Umberto Eco Alastair Reid
Dave Eggers David Remnick
Deborah Eisenberg Frank Rich
John Elder Peter Robb
Monroe Engel Roxana Robinson
Jeffrey Eugenides Carlin Romano
Penelope Fitzgerald Charles Rosen
R.W. Flint Arundhati Roy
Amanda Foreman Mark Rudman
E.M. Forster Norman Rush
John Fowles Oliver Sacks
Robin Lane Fox James Sallis
George MacDonald Fraser Luc Sante
P.N. Furbank Orville Schell
Paul Fussell Cathleen Schine
Neil Gaiman George Scialabba
William H. Gass A.O. Scott
Peter Gay Akhil Sharma
Rumer Godden Roger Shattuck
Francisco Goldman Lee Siegel
Michael Gorra Charles Simic
Juan Goytisolo Jane Smiley
Anthony Grafton Ali Smith
John Gray Andrew Solomon
Daniel Handler Susan Sontag
Elizabeth Hardwick Ahdaf Soueif
Claire Harman Bruce Sterling
Seamus Heaney John R. Stilgoe
Robert L. Herbert Robert Stone
Christopher Hitchens Patricia Storace
Charlotte Hobson Jean Strouse
Michael Hofmann John Sturrock
Dan Hofstadter George Szirtes
R.J. Hollingdale Colm Tóibín
Alan Hollinghurst Terry Teachout
Richard Holmes Alexander Theroux
Michael Holroyd Paul Theroux
A.M. Homes Judith Thurman
Richard Howard Tatyana Tolstaya
Fanny Howe John Updike
Gary Indiana William T. Vollmann
Ian Jack John William Ward
P.D. James Marina Warner
Diane Johnson William Weaver
Ken Kalfus Matt Weiland
Bernard Knox Eliot Weinberger
Wayne Koestenbaum Rebecca West
Hans Koning Edmund White
Michael Krüger Garry Wills
Benjamin Kunkel Edmund Wilson
Madeleine L'Engle Marie Winn
Paul La Farge James Wood
Jhumpa Lahiri Barbara Wright

Editors


W.H. Auden Charles Lee
Robert Baldick D.B. Wyndham Lewis
Russell Banks Mark Lilla
Christopher Cahill Patrick McGrath
Ronald Dworkin Michael Ondaatje
Barbara Epstein Roxana Robinson
Edwin Frank A.O. Scott
A.C. Graham Damion Searls
Rea S. Hederman Roger Shattuck
Michael Hofmann Robert B. Silvers
Randall Jarrell Colm Tóibín
Robert Kahn D. Thin