'I've found a sword – and there's a hand on the end of it'

Some metal detectorists dream of making the find that changes history and 90-year-old Dave Derby has done just that – twice.
The Conversation

Train Dreams on Netflix is a beautiful film – but it misses the magic of the original novella

Reader in English, City St George's, University of London Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams was first published in 2002 as a short story in the Paris Review. When it was reissued as a standalone novella ...
The New York Times

The Dark Secrets of the Writer Behind ‘Train Dreams’

An adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella arrives at the same time as a new biography, unlocking one of his best-loved and least-understood books. Credit...Photo illustration by Mike McQuade Supported ...