Encounters
A. Philip Randolph
Remembering the civil rights leader and my friend of over four decades
Bayard Rustin
A Courier for Jacques Lacan
The psychoanalyst invited me for lunch at his Parisian apartment—and drew me into his orbit
Eileen Simpson
Meeting Matisse
I came looking for the genius behind La Ronde—and found a man sulking over old clippings
Quentin Bell
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Encounters
The Talented Ms. Highsmith
I worked for the novelist in her final months. I thought she wanted to kill me.
Elena Gosalvez Blanco
June 9, 2025
A Courier for Jacques Lacan
The psychoanalyst invited me for lunch at his Parisian apartment—and drew me into his orbit
Eileen Simpson
April 1, 1987
A. Philip Randolph
Remembering the civil rights leader and my friend of over four decades
Bayard Rustin
April 1, 1987
Meeting Matisse
I came looking for the genius behind La Ronde—and found a man sulking over old clippings
Quentin Bell
April 1, 1987