Matthiessen’s politics drifted left. He quit the C.I.A. It was clear that he could write. When just out of Yale he sold a ...
In her delightfully written new memoir, 'Joyride,' Susan Orlean mixes personal stories with a bit of writing advice.
He was a spy, a crusader, an obsessive advocate for neglected people and places—yet his work was shaped, too, by an inner ...