Alain de Botton and John Armstrong on criticism at its best.

My review of Earth Keeper by N. Scott Momaday.

Reflections on Malcolm Guite’s After Prayer.

Some preliminary thoughts on Tamara Hill Murphy’s invitation to adopt a Rule of Life.

The Irish writer Colm Tóibín on the Troubles and interior decorating.

Héctor Tobar on the places that shape us.

James Baldwin on making memory useful.

Gabriel García Márquez on “the charitable deceptions of nostalgia.”

The story of how Gabriel García Márquez’s long-awaited work was smuggled from Barcelona to Paris.

A few words on the semi-autobiographical novel about friendship and marriage.

An extremely brief review of a book that felt like it would never end.

Gabriel García Márquez on reading between the lines.

Gabriel García Márquez on the basis of magical realism.

Daniel Nayeri on remembering experiences differently.

Recollections of a day well spent.

Rowan Williams on paying attention to our inner geography.

A memoir of resilience and hope.

Brief reflections on Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light.

Some preliminary thoughts on Helena Maria Viramontes’s novel Under the Feet of Jesus.

Nick Cave on humility and belief.