The two Henry Moores
by Hilton Kramer
On Henry Moore’s sculptures.
Features
“But today the struggle”: Spain & the intellectuals
by Ron Radosh
On anthologies of writing on the Spanish Civil War.
Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986
by James Gardner
On Borges’s life in his prose and poetry.
The case of Harry Houdini
by Daniel Mark Epstein
On the impossible abilities of Harry Houdini.
Vulgarity, novelty, and politics in contemporary art
by Charles W. Millard
On art and art history.
The worldly & unworldly fortunes of Rose Macaulay
by Gloria G. Fromm
On the public & private lives of the British writer.
Poems
Music
Zeroing in on Karajan
by Samuel Lipman
On the success and controversy of the Austrian conductor.
Art
The Cones of Baltimore
by Eric Gibson
On the biography Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta by Brenda Richardson.
Retro madness
by Jed Perl
On Carroll Dunham.
Books
The storm & all: a new look at Montale
by William Jay Smith
A review of The Storm & Other Things by Eugenio Montale, translated from the Italian by William Arrowsmith.
A critic’s obligations
by Bruce Bawer
A review of Obbligati: Essays in Criticism by Anthony Hecht.
Poetry as disease and therapy
by James Atlas
A review of The Middle Generation by Bruce Bawer.
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Courtship in Congreve
by Louis Auchincloss
On Congreve, the king of Victorians masquerading.