Around the World (or Part of It) with Sarah Thornton: 33 Artists in 3 Acts
Sarah Thornton's "33 Artists in 3 Acts" introduces readers to dozens of artists and a few curators operating at the upper echelons of the art business.
All Reviews
A Matter of Trust
Belief is not what you think.
Manic Pixie Drone War
Grayson Clary reviews "A Theory of the Drone" by Grégoire Chamayou.
The New Indian Classics
Will the Murty Classical Library avert a crisis in Indian classics?
Exquisite Failure
Songwriter Nick Jaina on musical failure and impossible loves.
Rewriting the West: Ryan Ireland’s Stunningly Assured Debut
"Attempting to engage the mythology of the West as well as of the western itself, Ireland aims high, and his novel succeeds on nearly every level."
You Better Work
The art of video-game music, from Pong to Tomb Raider and beyond.
Strange News from Another Star
North Korea is not the information black hole it’s so often made out to be.
A Dinner Party That Serves Only Desserts
Contributor Lyra Kilston reviews Louise Sandhaus's "Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California & Graphic Design, 1936–1986."
Crowdsourcing Humiliation
Jon Ronson says we're living in a renaissance of public shaming.
Is the First Amendment Poetic?
While paying lip service to the “poetry” of the First Amendment, Burt Neuborne turns his book into an argument in favor of less First Amendment protection.
The Charges
We will always need to read Jorie Graham, and to read her closely, if we want to understand the last 40 years of poetry in America.
Shock and Awe and Fear and Waste
War-making states still build on the legacy of World War II bombers.
“The Little Mermaid” and Other Tales of Becoming
Busting the myths of great literary heroines with playwright Samantha Ellis.
Whose Dublin?
Dublin’s duality, as Dickson subtly instructs us, remains the key to the city’s identity, from its muddy beginnings to its world-stage present.
AIDS Without Its Metaphors
Dale Peck’s postmodern AIDS memoir revisits the gay early ’90s.