Peter S. Beagle is "the class act of fantasy writing," according to Booklist contributor John Mort. A writer whose highly regarded fantasy fiction has wrought comparisons to J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Thomas Malory, and Lewis Carroll, Beagle hit the...

Documentary films about poets are highly problematical. Should the life or the poetry be highlighted? How can the two be related in an engaging manner? Is the film's primary purpose to win the poet new readers or to present his existing fans with...

If I were to tell you, Diodorus, that she taught me to see unicorns, you would not believe me. So I remain dumb. I listen to you, see your thin fragile fingers wear the thin gold-and-silver rings more gracelessly, and am reminded of...