THE common lament on our campuses is the dearth of “major poets,” and the critics are scuttling to find one. If they cannot find him, surely they can invent him: study someone until he turns out to be ...

The actor was killed in a motor vehicle accident in North Carolina, the authorities said. By Jesus Jiménez He reported from Paris and from war zones and published seven books, including a pained ...

A few months ago in this column, I wrote of Moira Walsh, the fierce film critic who reviewed for America from 1947 to 1974, leaving many a movie vanquished on the page. Walsh had strong opinions about ...