The Room and the Elephant
On internet criticism, Wikipedia, and the waning of expertise.
On internet criticism, Wikipedia, and the waning of expertise.
Are we in danger, then, of a widespread, coordinated, animal revolt?
Like all pop stars of the stature she’s now attained, Beyoncé is less an expresser of herself than a mirror for our fantasies and fears.
The idea that Orwell rather than Huxley was the one to turn to if one wanted a fictional lens through which to see China went virtually unchallenged..
This was the canonical American art for which the claim "you had to be there" seemed strongest ...
The Potter voice: that mock-pedantic tone of winning modesty and warm condescension.
Word and line can marry enticingly in the art of tattoo.
Read in tandem, Starr’s and Braudy’s books offer a concise but compelling reflection on California history.
Is contemporary fiction really so mediocre?
Every life, properly understood, is compelling.
An offshore oil platform stood up out of its windward end like the metal handle of a dagger that had stabbed the world and made it spill black blood.
An essay on the late photographer Miroslav Tichý, excerpted from 'Richard Prince: Collected Writings'.
Let’s pretend that we know no more of Nancy Mitford than we do of Shakespeare.
Given the choice between a book and a baseball bat, there is no choice for Buster. He’ll take the bat every time
Pity the book. It’s dead again.