The D. H. Lawrence We Forgot Lawrence became famous writing novels about sex. But his best stories—and his most profound achievements—reside elsewhere. By Frances Wilson The New Yorker October 8, 2020 If the reputation of D. H. Lawrence were to be measured like a heartbeat on an EKG, the graph would show a sharp rise after his death, in 1930, followed by a headlong fall, in 1970, and then fifty ..