Death and dying is a process as fearful for the artist as it is for the rest of us and immortality just as meaningless. But their manner of leave-taking should tell us something about the genius that purports to lift mystery’s veil on existence, at least a little. Dylan Thomas raile

I came across an amusing essay by Katie Roiphe, recently, in which she advised the hostess of a dinner party to include single people in the mix.  (“Odd One In,” by Katie Roiphe, Town&Country, Feb. 2016, pg. 82,86.)  Couples, she insists, “rarely engage in electrifying tal