From the archives

Dear Prudence

A life of exuberance and eccentricity

Liam Lacey

Who’s Afraid of Alice Munro?

A long-awaited biography gives the facts, but not the mystery, behind this writer’s genius

Magdalene Redekop

Conventional Wisdoms

The “natural governing party” goes through atavistic rituals to try to recapture its place in the sun.

Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson is a writer and translator who lives in the Town of the Blue Mountains. His most recent translation is Mr. Kafka and Other Tales from the Time of the Cult, a collection of short stories by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, published last year by New Directions.