Charles McGrath

All Work

• Books

  June 26, 2017 Issue

  How A. E. Housman Invented Englishness

  

  The poet’s longing for a lost golden age is now a national identity.

  By Charles McGrath

• Page-Turner

  The Eavesdropper’s Secret: On John O’Hara

  

  O’Hara, one of the great listeners of American fiction, understood how often people leave unsaid what is really on their minds.

  By Charles McGrath

  September 22, 2016

• Books

  April 11, 2016 Issue

  Mrs. Knopf, Invisible Tastemaker

  She is only now getting the credit she deserves for the success of the publishing company that bears her husband’s name.

  By Charles McGrath

• Books

  April 27, 2015 Issue

  The People You Meet

  Joseph Mitchell's characters were unforgettable—and, occasionally, somewhat fictional.

  By Charles McGrath

• Page-Turner

  Postscript: Alastair Reid (1926-2014)

  Alastair Reid seemed like a world citizen, a Marco Polo of literature who returned with news of riches we had never imagined.

  By Charles McGrath

  September 24, 2014

• Postscript

  January 28, 2002 Issue

  Bruce and Naomi Bliven

  By Charles McGrath

• The Talk of the Town

  December 27, 1999 Issue

  Postscript

  By Charles McGrath

• The Back Page

  December 13, 1999 Issue

  The Details Magazine Editing Test

  By Charles McGrath

• The Talk of the Town

  October 11, 1999 Issue

  The Sporting Life

  By Charles McGrath

• Shouts & Murmurs

  September 30, 1996 Issue

  PUNCH DRUNK

  By Charles McGrath