What Remains

Hannah Arendt's notecards for "Remembering Wystan H. Auden"

When W.H. Auden used to visit Hannah Arendt at 370 Riverside Drive in New York City the neighbors would call the police because they thought a homeless man was trying to break into the building. Auden had one suit and one pair of shoes, and no amount of pleading on the part of Arendt could convince him that a man needed at least two. They would sit for …