Matthiessen

There aren't many genuine literary legends left in this world, but Peter Matthiessen is one of them.

The Price of Fishing with a Legend 2009

Matthiessen is one of those larger-than-life people.

what i'm reading 2005

As a fer-cryin'-out-loud example, I just wrote a post where I gushed about wanting to fish with Peter Matthiessen.

Tools and Pocketknives 2009

The likes of Gore Vidal, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Matthiessen, Russell Banks, William Kennedy, Marilynne Robinson, and Barry Unsworth were joined by historians such as Eric Foner and David Nasaw to sit in the sun for a week or so and talk about making history.

How Historical Fiction Went Highbrow 2009

Matthiessen Park, also along the Hudson, has shuffleboard and bocce courts, picnic tables and barbecue pits.

Westchester's Irvington Stays on Track Melanie Lefkowitz 2011

As a fer-cryin'-out-loud example, I just wrote a post where I gushed about wanting to fish with Peter Matthiessen.

Tools and Pocketknives 2009

What is known as the James Revival starts in 1943 when the critic and Harvard professor F.O. Matthiessen, in preparation for teaching the first course in Henry James in an American university, received permission to consult the James papers—then as now chiefly resident at the Houghton Library at Harvard.

The Afterlife of the Lion Joseph Epstein 2012

Written and directed by Jeff Sewald, the film includes interviews with Tom Brokaw, Sidney Lumet, Steve Kroft and Matthiessen himself.

Critic's Corner Weekend 2009

As Mr. Anesko convincingly shows, Edel denigrated all competitors (from Matthiessen on), made it impossible for graduate students (the young Michael Anesko among them) to have access to the papers and helped in various libraries' acquisition of James letters from private parties, always with the understanding that he would have first claim upon them.

The Afterlife of the Lion Joseph Epstein 2012

•Glenn Close narrates Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries (PBS, tonight, 10 ET/PT, times may vary), an intimate biography of the renowned and reclusive naturalist and author (The Snow Leopard).

Critic's Corner Weekend 2009