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Site Notes and Other Ephemera

On a now defunct Mark Helprin fan website, readers contributed their favorite quotes from the novels and short stories. I rescued these but I have not checked them for accuracy. Click here to access that page. The home link at the top of the page will return you to this page.

There was a Mark Helprin listserv which was active from approximately 1993 until May 2004. At that time the listowner pulled the plug as the conversations became, in her opinion, too political and less about Helprin.

A new discussion forum, Helprin_works, was immediately formed. Information on the group and instructions for subscription can be found at Yahoo Groups.

There was another Web site created for members of the original listserv. An original of this bibliography was once part of that site. I have rescued some parts of the original site from archives on the Internet. The Affleck essay above and the quotes pages were originally linked to that site.

A Note on Sources and Organization

Mark Helprin has been writing for the Wall Street Journal since April 1, 1985. His November 7, 2000 column announced that he would no longer be writing a regular weekly column, although it was later announced that he would continue to do occasional pieces for the Journal. Nevertheless, in that fifteen year period he penned nearly 75 columns, as well as others for such journals as the New Criterion, National Review, Commentary, and the Weekly Standard.

This bibliography attempts, as I noted above, to provide a comprehensive listing of these pieces. My information about these columns has generally derived from searching online databases. Unfortunately, there is not always consistency when various database vendors index periodicals such as the Wall Street Journal. As a consquence some entries have full volume and pagination information while others are more cursory. The titles and dates are correct. To add to the confusion the Wall Street Journal Eastern edition can differ from the Western edition and some columns have veen syndicated to other newspapers under different titles. I have striven to give the WSJ entries the Eastern edition information and not to include a piece that might have been reprinted in another newspaper.

Also listed here are some perceptive pieces of social criticism such as "The Canon Under Siege" from 1985 and "The Lesson of the Century" from 1999. Mr Helprin has written introductions to editions of Moby-Dick and The Arabian Nights both of which display his distinctive charms.

Not all of Mr Helprin's short stories have been collected and the "Uncollected Fiction" section points to the original source of some stories readers might have missed.

Mr Helprin's novels and short stories are subjects of academic study. The "Criticism" section notes one Undergraduate and three Masters theses on aspects of his work. A number of articles from national and international academic journals are noted here, as well as some individual contributions.

The "Reviews" section collects the most significant reviews of Mr Helprin's fiction. Major reviews of his fiction and profiles from sources such as the New York Times, Los Angleles Times and other newspapers and journals comprise the largest portion of this. Of particular note is the most comprehensive interview to date from the 1993 Paris Review.

Finally, if an article is freely available online I have provided a hyperlink to it. Remember that Web links can change and these might not always work. Mr Helprin published four pieces of political commentary and a summary of all four in an online magazine called Intellectual Capital. The web page of this magazine has disappeared and the articles are no longer available.

Nevertheless. many of the articles noted here are available in full-text format in various online databases. Copyright restrictions prevent their access here but a local public or university library, if you are affiliated, can help readers gain access to these pieces.

Questions, comments, corrections, and additions are welcomed at the email address below.

Mark Helprin Bibliography
Last revised by Keith Morgan
March 21, 2005
kamorganATncsu.edu



			Site Notes and Other Ephemera On a now defunct Mark Helprin fan website, readers contributed their favorite quotes from the novels and short stories. I rescued these but I have not checked them for accuracy. Click here to access that page. The home link at the top of the page will return you to this page. There was a Mark Helprin listserv which was active from approximately 1993 until May 2004. At that time the listowner pulled the plug as the conversations became, in her opinion, too political and less about Helprin. A new discussion forum, Helprin_works, was immediately formed. Information on the group and instructions for subscription can be found at Yahoo Groups. There was another Web site created for members of the original listserv. An original of this bibliography was once part of that site. I have rescued some parts of the original site from archives on the Internet. The Affleck essay above and the quotes pages were originally linked to that site. A Note on Sources and Organization Mark Helprin has been writing for the Wall Street Journal since April 1, 1985. His November 7, 2000 column announced that he would no longer be writing a regular weekly column, although it was later announced that he would continue to do occasional pieces for the Journal. Nevertheless, in that fifteen year period he penned nearly 75 columns, as well as others for such journals as the New Criterion, National Review, Commentary, and the Weekly Standard. This bibliography attempts, as I noted above, to provide a comprehensive listing of these pieces. My information about these columns has generally derived from searching online databases. Unfortunately, there is not always consistency when various database vendors index periodicals such as the Wall Street Journal. As a consquence some entries have full volume and pagination information while others are more cursory. The titles and dates are correct. To add to the confusion the Wall Street Journal Eastern edition can differ from the Western edition and some columns have veen syndicated to other newspapers under different titles. I have striven to give the WSJ entries the Eastern edition information and not to include a piece that might have been reprinted in another newspaper. Also listed here are some perceptive pieces of social criticism such as "The Canon Under Siege" from 1985 and "The Lesson of the Century" from 1999. Mr Helprin has written introductions to editions of Moby-Dick and The Arabian Nights both of which display his distinctive charms. Not all of Mr Helprin's short stories have been collected and the "Uncollected Fiction" section points to the original source of some stories readers might have missed. Mr Helprin's novels and short stories are subjects of academic study. The "Criticism" section notes one Undergraduate and three Masters theses on aspects of his work. A number of articles from national and international academic journals are noted here, as well as some individual contributions. The "Reviews" section collects the most significant reviews of Mr Helprin's fiction. Major reviews of his fiction and profiles from sources such as the New York Times, Los Angleles Times and other newspapers and journals comprise the largest portion of this. Of particular note is the most comprehensive interview to date from the 1993 Paris Review. Finally, if an article is freely available online I have provided a hyperlink to it. Remember that Web links can change and these might not always work. Mr Helprin published four pieces of political commentary and a summary of all four in an online magazine called Intellectual Capital. The web page of this magazine has disappeared and the articles are no longer available. Nevertheless. many of the articles noted here are available in full-text format in various online databases. Copyright restrictions prevent their access here but a local public or university library, if you are affiliated, can help readers gain access to these pieces. Questions, comments, corrections, and additions are welcomed at the email address below. Mark Helprin Bibliography Last revised by Keith Morgan March 21, 2005 kamorganATncsu.edu