William H. Pritchard, a frequent contributor, is the Henry Clay Folger Professor of English, Emeritus, at Amherst College.
Article Eliot’s Pitiless Brilliance An extraordinary new study of ‘The Waste Land’ offers—with intensity and good humor—a comprehensive reading of Eliot’s greatest masterpiece. By William H. Pritchard March 1, 2023 Poetry Literature Books Culture
Article Closing Remarks The late poet laureate’s last book offers sardonic wit as it moves toward life By William H. Pritchard July 7, 2018 Poetry End-of-life Issues
Article ‘She Lived to Read’ Elizabeth Hardwick could not conform, could not often like whatever her peers liked By William H. Pritchard December 4, 2017 Books Poetry
Article Celebration of the World In their biographical study of the poet Richard Wilbur, Robert Bagg and Mary Bagg analyze both Wilbur and the reasons we are interested in him By William H. Pritchard August 23, 2017 Poetry Books
Article The Laureate of Loneliness Peter Parker provides an introduction to the poet A. E. Housman that goes deep “into the heart of England” By William H. Pritchard May 17, 2017 Books Poetry
Article 'The Feud' Alex Beam has been bold enough to write a book about the struggle between two mighty literary opposites of the last century: Edmund Wilson and Vladimir Nabokov. By William H. Pritchard November 30, 2016 Books
