He’s even interviewed a few journalists, among them one who reviews books each Thursday in these pages. All my life I’ve tried to learn from my betters, so I still read a lot of older, sometimes obscure literary journalism. : Essays and Reviews from The Times Literary Supplement, 1962.” None of the articles — on, for example, Oscar Wilde, the poet Tasso and the neglected comic novelist P.H. Newby — carries its author’s name: Until 1974, reviews in the Times Literary Supplement appeared unsigned. Michael Dirda reviews books each Thursday in Style.

Source: Washington Post July 01, 2020 16:19 UTC