An Explorer’s Notebook

Nearly three dozen essays reveal the amazing mind of Tim Flannery: mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, global warming activist, and a man committed to not only understanding the universe, but improving our little corner of it.

Pinter Party

April 28: Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, his first full-length play, opened on this day in 1958 in Cambridge, England.

Malamud’s Artistry

April 26:  “Broke what breaks. He was talking to me how bitter was his life…but the next minute his face got small and he fell down dead.”