Even while writing about the mafia, life under fascism, and Silvio Berlusconi, the underlying theme of Alexander Stille's journalism has been about collective memory and how we conserve the past. With his recently published family memoir, The Force of Things, Stille has created one of the great cultural and social histories of the twentieth century.
Sunday Interview
New Yorker art editor Françoise Mouly is, along with partner Art Spiegelman, a giant in the world of comic illustration. Mouly speaks to Hazlitt about the importance of visual literacy for children and being in charge of the visuals for the world's most iconic magazine.