Archive

From the Other Coast
On poetry and riot.
Lytton SmithDec 2, 2011
Half Termite, Half Elephant
A shotgun blast of multitentacled musings, it splatters the author's obsessions across the cultural landscape
Mark Haskell SmithDec 1, 2011
Hell to Sit Next To: On Pauline Kael
Her effort, which was often comical in its intensity, was always aimed at aggrandizing herself.
Richard SchickelNov 30, 2011
We Will Re-Bury You
Nov 27, 2011
Margaret Atwood and the S and F Words
John CluteNov 27, 2011
Deconstructing Wendy
This play unfolds, as so many contemporary dramas now do, over the medium of email.
Deborah Frost, Joy HorowitzNov 25, 2011
A Serious Man Whose Love Will Last
It is ironic that Ovid had barely finished his long poem when his exile was decreed.
Bruce WhitemanNov 24, 2011
Memory May Not Sustain
Where science fails, poetry succeeds. What time forgets, language remembers.
Dean RaderNov 24, 2011
Zimbabwe and the Politics of Impunity
Mugabe’s denials can and should now be read as a chilling reminder that the depths to which his regime has sunk today had already been charted
Alex LichtensteinNov 23, 2011
Celebrity Politicians: Steven J. Ross's "Hollywood Left and Right"
Hollywood intervention in politics is as old as the silents.
Elbert VenturaNov 22, 2011
Hurricane Helen
Whereas DeWitt often talks about fiction as if it were a vehicle for presenting exciting ideas, the tendency of American culture is toward relaxation.
Lee KonstantinouNov 21, 2011
Eureka: Helen DeWitt's "Lightning Rods"
DeWitt specializes in novels that trouble today’s commercial mainstream standards.
Veronica EspositoNov 21, 2011
It's Good To Be Pragmatic: An Interview with Helen DeWitt
Forget about writing. There’s a debate, a conflict, a dilemma, that everyone faces.
Lee KonstantinouNov 21, 2011
Notes on Hack
A Hack comic is a sheep in wolf’s clothing, “poking fun,” never “killing.” He is the jester who won’t risk the king’s displeasure.
Nov 20, 2011
Three Novels
By Nightfall, like The Hours, is chock full of literary reference, especially Thomas Mann (Death in Venice), not Virginia Woolf.
Susan Salter ReynoldsNov 19, 2011
Discoveries: Lily Tuck
Susan Salter ReynoldsNov 19, 2011