In Tudor England, the Christmas feast was large, but those on New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, and Twelfth Night were more extravagant still. We know that the Americas were the last continents that humans entered, but we still don’t know exactly how this happened. But perfectionism can doom such a pursuit to, well, failure. more »Īre we so saturated in stories that we've become their credulous, undiscerning consumers?. Last dance of the “academostars.” The annual meeting of the English Institute reveals a hollowed out, more egalitarian, literary studies . Richard Bernstein considered Arendt, Rorty, and Habermas not just philosophical interlocutors. Is the pace of scientific discovery slowing down? Data suggests that we live in an age of incrementalism. Are they justified? Peter Singer makes the case. more »Įnvironmental activists are targeting works of art in protests. The typical entreaties for photos and autographs arrive, along with much stranger requests as well. more »Ī stampede to Substack? The platform provides the best answers to some of journalism’s perennial problems . The Islamic painting at the heart of the controversy that led to an adjunct professor losing her job: Is it truly Islamophobic?. He dropped painting and chose to be a provocateur. more »įor Duchamp, " Nude Descending” and the uproar it caused were transformative. programs in the humanities have virtually no chance of a tenure-track job. With an obsessive interest in food, Katherine Mansfield constructed her best stories as snacks for modern appetites. Enter the Church, for which hair was a theological superfluity. Sandro Botticelli was the great painter of hair. Struggling with bipolar disorder and the drama of the book world, a romance writer faked her own death. At a party for a new literary magazine dedicated to psychoanalysis, analysts and analysands mingle on the dance floor . more »Ĭharles Simic: “The truth is, everything I wrote in books - it was the money. In 1970, playing fast and loose with the facts finally caught up with him. But just how truthful was his account of life in the German underground? . Jean Valtin’s 1941 autobiography was a sensation. Janet Malcolm's personal papers reflect the care and concern of someone deeply wary of becoming another writer's subject . Victor Navasky - writer, editor, publisher, wry iconocast - is dead at 90. Glenn Loury on God, incarceration, higher ed, political correctness, race, and retirement after 46 years of teaching. The work of Edward Hopper presents an enigma: Why is a great city like New York both a cause and a cure of loneliness?.
The Transylvanian Marxist Gáspár Miklós Tamás watched as leftists became liberals he didn’t make that transition himself. more »Īcross 60 books, 3,000 judicial decisions, and myriad essays and articles, Richard Posner held no dogma sacred, and no norm beyond question. Women’s magazines like Mirabella, Elle, and Allure were not second-class citizens in the Grand Republic of Letters. How a canvas bag with reinforced handles and a flat bottom became a literary trophy and status symbol. The first ordinary woman in English literature, the Wife of Bath gossips, drinks, and tells her husband’s secrets. But his compositions and creativity are overshadowed by his image as a weirdo. Thelonious Monk put a lasting stamp on pianism. John Guillory is worried about the “professional deformation” of literary scholars. Now they’ve been commercialized - and present a host of ethical issues. more »ĭocumentary films were once dry and informational.
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