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Day After the Waste Land” is part graphic novel, part adult children’s book, and a full reimagining of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” — and Eliot probably would've hated it, according to the author.

To be fair, it was Eliot who, three years earlier, had written to the then 71-year-old Groucho requesting a photograph of his favourite funnyman. A picture arrived — though not, alas, the kind that ...

Ninety-six years later, it’s possible to separate Cather’s powers from the powers of the modern­ists. They are drawn from different sources, and they do different things. It’s a brillian­t quote ...

The last thing I do is switch off the lights and pull down the shutters. I set the alarm, leaving a gap in the metal blinds to duck under. And in the time it takes to get clear, as time counts down, I ...

Isabelle Baafi’s Chaotic Good (Faber), Paul Farley’s When It Rained for a Million Years (Picador Poetry) and Vona Groarke’s Infinity Pool (The Gallery Press) have been shortlisted for the £25,000 TS ...

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This article is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. How seriously should you take a doormat that reads: “Welcome. Just kidding.

Oh, the awkwardness of being known for something, then being asked to perform it on the spot. Groucho Marx is sitting at dinner in London in 1964 when his host, the poet and critic T.S. Eliot, asks ...