It's the kind of work that can be most ardently desired from an aging artist: the imparting of wisdom in a madly daring form that confounds the cautious and methodical youths to whom it's delivered.
Alias Grace arrives on the screen, via Netflix, at a time when fans are pining so ardently for more material from the author of The Handmaid's Tale that they would probably watch a dramatisation of Atwood's lecture on robotic pens (she invented one, an achievement so crowded out by her writing that we'll park it under "curiosities").
In mid to late October, arguably the most eagerly awaited of all will arrive on the bookshelves – a memoir from ardently pro-EU former chancellor and home secretary Kenneth Clarke about his 40 years at Westminster.
With his long record of reckless positions, from ardently backing the disastrous U.S. invasion of Iraq to banging the drums of war on Iran, Goldberg might try stepping back for once and reflecting on the consequences of his knee-jerk behavior.
That provision had been ardently sought by lawmakers from Texas and other states that felt disadvantaged because they do not impose state income taxes.
The rhetoric may have been designed to appease his base and to protect his left flank from the ardently protectionist John Edwards, his competitor for the nomination and later his running mate.
The other great influence on his thinking, it is said, is his wife, Cherie Booth, a high-profile human rights and labor lawyer who comes from an ardently socialist and Catholic background in Liverpool.
She began by ardently kissing and then recoiling from her shadow on a panel designed by Duane McDevitt.
The six countries are a mixed bag, ranging from those that ardently want to join western clubs (Georgia), to Russian satrapies (Belarus).
"I love it when we're mistaken for a conservative journal of opinion," Mark Greif said - though the actual political views presented in n+1 tend to range from mildly to ardently left-wing.
