Bach at the Burger King
When the music of Vivaldi and Mozart are used to repel the homeless from sidewalks and Burger Kings, does it still glorify the dignity of humanity?...
Bach at the Burger King
When the music of Vivaldi and Mozart are used to repel the homeless from sidewalks and Burger Kings, does it still glorify the dignity of humanity?...
A Messiah-cum-Surrogate-Dad for Gormless Dimwits: On Jordan B. Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life”
Houman Barekat questions “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” by Jordan B. Peterson....
On Outgrowing David Foster Wallace
"Why does David Foster Wallace read differently to me now? Why am I ashamed of him? Maybe his work is limited in ways I didn’t see before." A DFW guy writes...
The Useless French Language and Why We Learn It
Colin Marshall examines English speakers’ relationship to the French language, which is the subject of a growing number of books....
Delete Your Account Now: A Conversation with Jaron Lanier
Harper Simon asks philosopher Jaron Lanier about his latest book, “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now.”...
Blighted by Empire: What the British Did to India
Omer Aziz indicts the Western amnesia around colonialism....
Here’s to Unsuicide: An Interview with Richard Powers
"We came into being by the grace of trees." Everett Hamner talks with Richard Powers about his latest novel, "The Overstory."...
In Multiplicity Is Truth: An Interview with Gina Apostol
A Winter’s Tale: The Impossibility of Friedrich Gorenstein’s “Redemption”
Erotic Tyranny
Media All the Way Down: Art and Conspiracy at the Met Breuer
Need You — Baby
Letter to the Editor: Timothy Aubry Responds to Jean-Thomas Tremblay’s Review of His “Guilty Aesthetic Pleasures”
Two Poems
Korean Pastoral: On Yeon-sik Hong’s “Uncomfortably Happily”
Game of Obsession: The Eternal Question of Chess
Destroy All Rock Novels
Resurrecting the Soul in a Secular Age
Writing Cuba: An Interview with Leonardo Padura
Center Court
Seen and Heard: Remembering Children's Art and Activism
Four Women’s Voices Reshaping Asian and Asian-American Immigrant Stories
King Lear of India: Preti Taneja’s “We That Are Young”
The Road to Roxbury: On Linda Gordon’s “Inge Morath: Magnum Legacy”
Sneaker Money
The Hard-Earned Lessons of a Born Maverick
The Grief of Others: A Conversation with Filmmaker Patrick Wang