Interview: Mark Helprin
/Novelist Mark Helprin talks about his new book, "Paris in the Present Tense"
Read MoreSummer Reading 2017 - Political Fictions
/The summer months might be lazy and carefree in theory, but in 2017 certain specters loom over even the laziest warm day - in our annual feature, OLM editors and regulars write about political literature.
Read MoreBook Review: Be Like the Fox
/A vivid new biography attempts to get at the true nature of the perennially-misunderstood Machiavelli
Read MoreBob Silvers
/Bob Silvers
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Das Lied von der Erde
/A new recording of Mahler's vocal masterpiece is made with the best of intentions but has imperfect results.
Read MoreShirley Hazzard
/Shirley Hazzard
Read MoreOur Year in Reading 2016
/In our regular year-end feature, Open Letters editors and special guests look back at some of the books that made memorable impressions in 2016
Read MoreOur Year in Reading 2016 Continues
/Our year in reading continues....
Read MoreWilliam Trevor
/William Trevor
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Bruno Walter chamber music
/Like many other conductors, Bruno Walter tried his hand at composing. He was a famously reserved person, but does his music give anything away?
Read MoreSummer Reading 2016 - Literary Journeys
/This year in our annual Summer Reading feature, our writers recommend favorite books that take us on journeys - through time, around the world, or just out of ourselves.
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Summer Reading 2012
/As the haze and heat of summer kick into full swing, the folk of Open Letters break out their annual Summer Reading recommendations!
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Summer Reading 2015 - Cool Reads
/This year the staff and contributors of Open Letters Monthly recommend their summer reads with an unusual theme: the cold.
Read MoreBook Review: MacArthur at War
/The mercurial, often infuriating Pacific Theater commander Douglas MacArthur is the subject of Walter Borneman's terrific new book
Read MoreDarwyn Cooke
/Darwyn Cooke
Read MoreDiscussion: Middlemarch for Book Clubs
/Open Letters Senior Editor Rohan Maitzen discusses her new ebook, Middlemarch for Book Clubs
Read MoreJenny Diski
/Jenny Diski
Read MoreImre Kertesz
/Imre Kertesz
Read MoreAnita Brookner
/Anita Brookner
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