March 8, 2002

The 'TLS': a 100-Year Love Affair

By CARLIN ROMANO

In the attic of my congested Philadelphia house, full of books infiltrating crannies and corners the way Roman soldiers once bivouacked wherever open space permitted, six corroded boxes of old weekly newspapers still retain a pride of place, dragged from city to city, from student apartment to grown-up home, even as the contents yellow and break apart.

All hold copies of The Times Literary Supplement from my teenage and college years, when I'd subscribe at the introductory price, then