In truth, it is the ones who uncritically embrace new technical innovations that are being naïve and idealistic.
March 3rd, 2012
Food could be more than nourishment; it could express ideas about form and function. It could be art.
February 29th, 2012
Mamoulian, perhaps more than anyone else, defined the original racial landscape that became the setting for Porgy and Bess.
February 28th, 2012
Just as the attacks themselves had little to do with America, so did America play little role in the defeat of al-Qa'ida's ideology.
January 9th, 2012
On poetry and riot.
December 2nd, 2011
"Yes," said a Frenchman. "We have this silly theory in France that our authors should be able to eat."
August 6th, 2011
Trying to pin down the definitive characteristics of “noir” is a tiresome game.
June 23rd, 2011
An essay on the late photographer Miroslav Tichý, excerpted from 'Richard Prince: Collected Writings'.
April 21st, 2011
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