Companions of the past
On new poetry by Lorna Goodison, Frank Bidart, Amanda Gorman, Anne Carson, Kevin Young & Tracy K. Smith.
On the new online journal of classics Antigone.
On Midge Decter and John Leo.
On the choices facing the West.
On justice and friendship.
On Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books by Geoffrey Roberts.
On the many interpretations of Ulysses.
On the Parthenon’s marbles, historical reframing & the disappearance of classical music.
On “Edvard Munch: Masterpieces from Bergen” at The Courtauld Gallery, London.
On Mozart, the American West, Shirley Jackson, new poetry from Adam Kirsch & more from the world of culture.
On Penn Station, vandalism & BBC Four.
On the science, or art, or mystery of acoustics.
Notes & Comments