Thanks for this lovely post. Years ago I was introduced to this publisher through an independent bookstore in my city that carried the NYRB Children's Collection. Those stories were among ones I most enjoyed reading aloud to my children. Hickory by Palmer Brown -- what a treasure -- to name just one.
Now I may need acquire a few adult NYRB titles to buttress my (almost) daily reading of the The American Conservative blog by Rod Dreher, who likewise is deeply interested in the "rise of authoritarianism and the simultaneous resistance to it."
Also, I was delighted to see Manning in the NYRB collection as I am a big fan of the "Fortunes of War" adaptation. As for Troubles introduced by Banville (!), I might have to order a copy tonight. One parting thought, if you are representative of the English Dept of your college (and not an outlier), Hendrix may well be cause for the hope of the survival of that major.
Thanks for this lovely post. Years ago I was introduced to this publisher through an independent bookstore in my city that carried the NYRB Children's Collection. Those stories were among ones I most enjoyed reading aloud to my children. Hickory by Palmer Brown -- what a treasure -- to name just one.
Now I may need acquire a few adult NYRB titles to buttress my (almost) daily reading of the The American Conservative blog by Rod Dreher, who likewise is deeply interested in the "rise of authoritarianism and the simultaneous resistance to it."
Also, I was delighted to see Manning in the NYRB collection as I am a big fan of the "Fortunes of War" adaptation. As for Troubles introduced by Banville (!), I might have to order a copy tonight. One parting thought, if you are representative of the English Dept of your college (and not an outlier), Hendrix may well be cause for the hope of the survival of that major.