Irving Howe at seventy
by Hilton Kramer
On the career of Irving Howe.
Features
The truth about Simone de Beauvoir?
by Renee Winegarten
On Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography by Deirdre Bair.
Modern instances: the art of the Macchiaioli
by W. S. Di Piero
On the art of the Macchiaioli.
A proliferation of Rabbits
by Bruce Bawer
On the Rabbit novels of John Updike.
The “Ring,” the Metropolitan Opera, and James Levine
by Samuel Lipman
On the Met’s “Ring” and leadership.
Poems
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Art
Classical fragments
by Jed Perl
On “Classic Ground: Picasso, Léger, de Chirico & the New Classicism 1910-1930” at the Tate Gallery.
Music
JanáÄek at the City Opera
by Dana Mack
On The City Opera’s From the House of the Dead.
Books
Lincoln’s generals: Sherman and Grant in their memoirs
by James Tuttleton
A review of The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman edited by Charles Royster & Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters edited by Mary Drake McFeely & William S. McFeely.
A Balanchine creation
by Moira Hodgson
On Holding On to the Air by Suzanne Farrell, with Toni Bentley.
Losing faith
by Paul Hollander
Anti-Anglo attitudes
by Paul Johnson
On Blood, Class & Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies by Christopher Hitchens.
Shorter notice
by Lauren Weiner
On Violet: The Story of the Irrepressible Violet Hunt by Barbara Belford.
Shorter notice
by Donald Lyons
On Greek Fire: The Influence of Ancient Greece on the Modern World by Oliver Taplin.
Shorter notice
by Bruce Bawer
On American Poetry: Wildness & Domesticity by Robert Bly.
Shorter notice
by Brock Baker
On Family Sins & Other Stories by William Trevor.
Notebook
Jacques Soustelle, 1912—1990
by Mark Falcoff
On the life of Jacques Soustelle.
Letters to the Editor
Letters
by The Editors
Regarding Sidney Keyes and Walter Benjamin.
Notes & Comments
The new liberal orthodoxy
by The Editors
On the rise of “liberal fascism.”
Rediscovering the New World
by The Editors
On Christopher Columbus and the classical music of Latin America.
The Heath travesty of American literature
by The Editors
On The Heath Anthology of American Literature‘s anti-American literature.