Purfect Prose: An Appreciation of Kitty Litterature
From the cover of issue no. 136 (Fall 1995) of The Paris Review.
It has been said, erroneously, that poets are cat people, novelists dog people. In fact, lots
Staff Picks: Battle Hymns, Boarding Schools, and Bach
Sarah M. Broom. Photo: Adam Shemper. Over the holiday weekend, I devoured The Yellow House, Sarah M. Broom’s remarkable and deeply researched memoir about her family’s New Orleans home. The youngest of twelve siblings, Broom grew up in a lively—and a
