are a mixture of good and bad. Piety and licentiousness are both to be found ... Praise and honor are awarded by popular acclaim. (M. de Vigneul-Marville, 1699) In a 1999 interview with The New York Times Mr. Bellow explained his motivation for the magazine: One early reader wrote that our paper, "with its contents so fresh, person-to-person", was "real, non-synthetic, undistracting." Noting that there were no ads, she asked, "Is it possible, can it last?" and called it "an antidote to the shrinking of the human being in every one of us." And toward the end of her letter our correspondent added, "It behooves the elder generation to come up with reminders of who we used to be and need to be." This is what Keith Botsford and I had hoped that our "tabloid for literates" would be. And for two years it has been just that. We are a pair of utopian codgers who feel we have a duty to literature., List of contributors Appearing in TRoL as Archives or Lives Collaborators A number of authors and editors have at times served on the staff or as contributing editors of the magazine, including James Wood, Sassan Tabatabai, Chris Walsh, Zachary Bos, Lakis Proguidis, and Francesco Forlani. See also List of literary magazines External links Saul Bellow on literaryness in a technological age, in The New York Times The Republic of Letters at Toby Press Eric Alterman in The Nation: Not Dead Yet! Hans Suter, on delivery of a new issue: "Beautiful day today!" Sister magazine, L'Atelier du roman Bellow and Botsford in Conversation News from: The Republic of Letters Main Site Literary magazines published in the United States Quarterly magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1997 Magazines published in Boston Biannual magazines published in the United States