Diane Scharper

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Chris Bohjalian’s novel ‘The Amateur’ is an ambiguous, confusing read

Chris Bohjalian’s novel ‘The Amateur’ is an ambiguous, confusing read

Diane Scharper · August 16, 2026 8:05 am

‘Hotel Exile’ offers wartime Paris in a microcosm

‘Hotel Exile’ offers wartime Paris in a microcosm

Diane Scharper · August 2, 2026 5:15 am

Maggie O’Farrell’s land before time

Maggie O’Farrell’s land before time

Diane Scharper · June 14, 2026 5:00 am

A lost art

Diane Scharper · April 10, 2026 5:10 am

In full Blume

Diane Scharper · March 27, 2026 4:50 am

Troubling stories

Troubling stories

Diane Scharper · January 30, 2026 4:18 am

How Tolkien built worlds

How Tolkien built worlds

Diane Scharper · December 19, 2025 4:22 am

Peter Matthiessen, mystical Renaissance man

Peter Matthiessen, mystical Renaissance man

Diane Scharper · November 28, 2025 12:20 am

Review of ‘Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson’ by Leo Damrosch

Review of ‘Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson’ by Leo Damrosch

Diane Scharper · October 10, 2025 1:05 am

When they let women paint

When they let women paint

Diane Scharper · July 25, 2025 12:05 am

Unwinding the Gauguin myth

Unwinding the Gauguin myth

Diane Scharper · May 30, 2025 12:25 am

The woman who became America’s most famous preacher and then disappeared

The woman who became America’s most famous preacher and then disappeared

Diane Scharper · May 9, 2025 4:45 am