In April 1998 the glitterati of the New York art world gathered at a party in Jeff Koons’ large gallery to launch best-selling British author William Boyd’s new book, the biography of an obscure and tragic American artist named Nat Tate. The Sunday Telegraph ran a full-page extract from the evocative book. Its publisher is 21 Publishing, a company run Read More ›
According to an essay in the 7 February 1997 issue of Chronicles of Higher Education, several years ago a candidate named Manfred Mickelson applied for positions teaching 18th-century literature at universities around the country. His application letter told of three books under contract, more than 40 papers presented at conferences, and articles under consideration at 12 scholarly journals. Mickelson emphasized Read More ›
According to the 5 November 1997 issue of the Christian Science Monitor representatives of the United Nations gave a standing ovation to “His Royal Highness Prince Hadji Mohd al Alsagof van Eldik of Bornea” when he appeared in robes and ceremonials at a conference in Melbourne and announced that he would match Ted Turner’s $1 billion gift to the United Read More ›
In his book The Discovery of the Titanic (Warner Books, 1987), Dr. Robert D. Ballard included the image of a farewell note from one of the ship’s ill-fated passengers. The man had scribbled his note on a page torn from a diary, sealed it in an empty bottle, and handed it to a woman entering a lifeboat. “if saved inform Read More ›
Purgatory, Journey to Joy, Part Two by Kathryn Lindskoog Mercer University Press, 1997Introduction and Preface, xiv pages, Purgatory, 202 pages A Review by Father David Baumann AT THE TIME he was writing the Comedy nearly seven hundred years ago, Durante (later shortened to Dante) Alighieri was confident that he was producing classic literature of timeless beauty. He intended to present Read More ›
Katherine Paterson, C. S. Lewis lover and author of Newbery Medal Award winner Bridge to Terebithia (a realistic novel about children inspired by Narnia), has won the 1998 Hans Christian Andersen Award, which is often referred to as the little Nobel prize. (It was established in 1956 by the International Board on Books for Young People and is awarded every Read More ›
“At Wheaton College in Illinois, where they are rather stupid fundamentalists, they have made C. S. Lewis into a god. They think he gives intellectual support for their prejudices.” A. N. Wilson, as quoted in the Times of London at the time of the release of “Shadowlands” “Kathryn Lindskoog has provided a very readable and engaging introduction to Dante…. Her Read More ›
27 April 1997 Dear Mr. Ward, I was delighted to learn about the Lewis centenary stone planned for Addison’s Walk. I hope that enough donors are stepping forward, and I’ll greatly appreciate it if you can let me know what the situation is now. (I would gladly contribute if that were possible, but it is not; I am a helpless Read More ›
On 5 October 1997 Walter Hooper placed in the Bodleian Library a small but financially valuable piece of writing paper watermarked Basildon Bond. The first side is marked A, the second side is marked B, and they hold two versions of the same C. S. Lewis poem, both untitled. Herein is a mystery. This sheet of paper obviously illustrates Hooper’s Read More ›
Sender: lindskoog@compuserve:comDate: Mon, Apr 27, 1998 Dear James, Here is the main text of a letter that surfaced from my files and piles and sank again in 1977. I typed this out then and offered it to the editor of a Lewis newsletter, and he was not interested. Now my carbon of this typed excerpt has surfaced. I wonder if Read More ›