As of 1996 Butler's publications include eight novels, a prize-winning collection of short stories, and numerous contributions to respected journals and reviews. His defining themes are the suffering that results from thwarted desire and the intimacy tha...

In politics, as in any other form of battle, it’s always a good idea to do whatever your enemy would least like you to do. That basic rule of thumb seems to have been forgotten by many of New York’s politicians and much of...