John M. A. Sutherland is remembered as an editor and critic, one whose voice spoke out forcefully and forthrightly in the 1940s, calling for greater attention to specific literary texts and less tolerance of literary generalizations. That he was also...

The relationship between David Sutherland, owner of representational Texas showrooms, and John Hutton, designer of Donghia's furniture, goes back to 1980 when the late Angelo Donghia was designing Sutherland's showroom. It was around the time that Donghia was contemplating a furniture line of...

The book that has most shaken the modern world, and continues to shake it (thank you, Dr Dawkins), is The Origin of Species. Science, philosophy and political books can do that. Change society forever. But few novels make waves; they're more in the...