COLUMN: The Reissue at Hand: Can Genius Be Forgotten?

August Lamm on Persephone Books, literary obscurity, being wrong, Rona Jaffe’s "The Best of Everything," Monica Dickens's "Mariana," and Siân James's "One Afternoon."

This is the first in an ongoing series on literary obscurity. The next installment will discuss Siân James and other out-of-print authors. (Photos by August Lamm)

Nothing is more discouraging to the f…