Ryan Ruby

Julien Gracq's "Balcony in the Forest" (1958) wonders whether we see too many futures at once.

If you were a New Yorker, you probably went to sleep on the night of September 10, 2001, thinking that the most important thing you would do the next day would be to head to your local polling place and cast your vote in a mayoral primary. Your task was to choose the Democrat ...