Short Shorts

Irving Howe (1920–1993) was distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of the City of New York and coeditor of Dissent magazine. His many publications include Thomas Hardy, Politics and the Novel, Culture and Politics in the Age of Emerson, and Socialism and America. His Selected Writings appeared in 1990.

Irving and Ilana Howe live in Manhattan and trade stories, short, long, and longer. His books include World of Our Fathers, Politics and the Novel, Thomas Hardy, Steady Work, William Faulkner, and The Portable Kipling.