I would highly recommend a subscription to Lapham's Quarterly if you want to get a wide taste of the "classic" cannon. Essentially, it is a collection of writin

I would highly recommend a subscription to Lapham's Quarterly if you want to get a wide taste of the "classic" cannon. Essentially, it is a collection of writings and art revolving around an overarching theme (The last two issues, for example, were "Politics" and "Intoxication"). The content includes fiction, poetry, letters, journal entries, biographies et al. It is all very high-quality stuff and I've been using it as a proxy for what to read next i.e. I'll read a really great excerpt and then I'll order the whole book on Amazon.