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Art is Mute, but We Want to Talk: On David Salle’s “How to See”
Glen Roven takes a good look at “How to See” by David Salle.
Glen RovenJan 12, 2017
- Art & Architecture
Teddy Wayne Wasn’t Here
A modern-day Humbert Humbert and the troubled vibrations emanating from the contemporary college campus.
Ira WellsJan 11, 2017
- Fiction
Life, the Beautiful Game
Dan Friedman reviews “Home and Away: Writing the Beautiful Game” by Karl Ove Knausgaard and Fredrik Ekelund.
Dan FriedmanJan 11, 2017
- Nonfiction
Bern, Baby, Bern
Bernie Sanders delegate Tom Gallagher takes an inside look at his candidate’s campaign manifesto.
Tom GallagherJan 11, 2017
- Politics
Lights Out
Imagining Huck after his reluctant coming-of-age and his decision to risk hell in stealing Jim out of slavery has been both fruitful and fraught-filled.
D. Berton EmersonJan 10, 2017
- Fiction
Finks, Fronts, and Puppets: Revisiting the Cultural Cold War
Greg Barnhisel reviews two books on the Cultural Cold War.
Greg BarnhiselJan 8, 2017
- History
- Politics
Looking and Looking Away
Kim Fay reviews “Gesell Dome” by Guillermo Saccomanno.
Kim FayJan 8, 2017
- Noir
Hijack: The CIA and Literary Culture
Strange bedfellows: The CIA and culture mavens collude in the Cold War and beyond.
Antony LoewensteinJan 8, 2017
- History
- Politics
Spinoza and the All-American Novel: Ranbir Singh Sidhu
Ranbir Singh Sidhu has his character read Spinoza as his route to freedom in “Deep Singh Blue.”
Hawa AllanJan 7, 2017
- Fiction
When People Wanted Civilisation: Reassessing Kenneth Clark
Kevin McMahon appreciates the focus of “Kenneth Clark: Life, Art and Civilisation” by James Stourton.
Kevin McMahonJan 7, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Biography & Autobiography
Intimate Alienation
Alina Cohen on Amie Barrodale's "You Are Having a Good Time."
A. Cerisse CohenJan 6, 2017
- Fiction
Hollywood! With the Reddish Tinge: Clancy Sigal’s 1950s
Anything could happen in Clancy Sigal’s 1950s.
Paul BuhleJan 5, 2017
Raiding the Lost Ark: Molly Haskell on Steven Spielberg’s Jewish Life
When did Steven Spielberg grow up? Dan Erdman looks to Molly Haskell's "Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films" to find out.
Dan ErdmanJan 4, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
- Film
Cracks in the Walls of the Hermit Kingdom
Stephen J. Gallas reviews a new book about North Korea.
Stephen J. GallasJan 4, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
Sitting Up with the Dead
Lynne Sharon Schwartz on "Cockroaches," Scholastique Mukasonga's look at the Rwandan genocide.
Lynne Sharon SchwartzJan 4, 2017
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
A Theme on Love: “Enigma Variations”
Hooman Majd finds the words to express his love for André Aciman's "Enigma Variations."
Hooman MajdJan 3, 2017
- Fiction