Concluding Commentary
September 7th, 2012
Interviews with John Heilemann, E.J. Dionne, Sean Wilentz and Rep. John Lewis
September 6th, 2012
The late 'New Yorker' writer's short story masterpiece
August 26th, 2012
On 'Train Dreams,' 'The Life of an Unknown Man,' and 'Cruel'
July 30th, 2012
On Abel Gance's five and half hour silent film, 'Napoleon'
July 19th, 2012
On 'Farther Away,' 'Wonderful Investigations,' and 'Paris, I love you...'
June 30th, 2012
"On May 6th, a new breed of digital nightingale chirped all night, their echoes sketching a vast and cozy nest all over France."
May 11th, 2012
On 'Magic Hours,' 'Miss Fuller,' 'The Dangerous Book Four Boys,' 'The Fault of Our Stars,' and 'The Guardians.'
May 6th, 2012
How true, how frequent, is the "dead or straight" binary to the lesbian novel at large?
May 2nd, 2012
I held my father's copy of Mein Kampf in my hand wondering if it should be kept, donated, or set on fire in the backyard.
April 19th, 2012
It’s hard not to read this as a profession of artistic faith, of Schulz’s conviction in an art made out of scraps and remnants.
March 2nd, 2012
Today in China, individualism and pluralism thrive as never before. But, all in all, it is an opportunistic and self-regarding individualism.
March 1st, 2012
This play unfolds, as so many contemporary dramas now do, over the medium of email.
November 25th, 2011
Pity the book. It’s dead again.
April 18th, 2011
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"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
