My Late Lunch with Oliver Sacks
A conversation in Elysium — or, rather, the West Village — with the late Oliver Sacks.
A conversation in Elysium — or, rather, the West Village — with the late Oliver Sacks.
Massimo Mazzotti reflects on how Italian scientists failed as a bulwark against fascist politics in the 1930s.
M. G. Lord recalls the US Moon landing through Piers Bizony’s “The NASA Archives: 60 Years in Space.”
Anastasiya Osipova argues that the translators of “Kolyma Stories” by Varlam Shalamov have often obscured the author’s literary and political intent.
D. M. Black finds psychological depth in Dante’s “Comedy” and shares excerpts from his translation of “Purgatorio.”
Joshua Milstein excavates “Sediments of Time: On Possible Histories” by Reinhart Koselleck, translated by Sean Franzel and Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann.
Alex Harvey revisits Lindsay Anderson’s groundbreaking film “if.” 50 years after its premiere....
Georg Leidenberger considers the legacy of the Bauhaus school on its centenary.
As so many different political camps invoke Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Joel Looper takes a deep dive into the late German theologian's political thought.
Anya Ventura revisits "Crabcakes," the 1998 memoir by the late James Alan McPherson.
Fran Ross’s mind was shrewd and skewering, and perhaps her writings will never sit easy among those who look for programmatic answers.
Margret and H. A. Rey were the reluctant parents of a cartoon ape-child.