Poetry & the silencing of art
by Hilton Kramer
On “Can Poetry Matter? Essays on Poetry and American Culture,” by Dana Gioia.
Features
“They were as good as we were”: the stories of William Trevor
by Richard Tillinghast
On the melancholy Ireland of William Trevor’s stories.
Joseph Needham & the history of Chinese science
by Maurice Cowling
On the impact of religion on Joseph Needham’s Science and Civilization in China.
Forever young: Frédéric Bazille
by Karen Wilkin
On “Frédéric Bazille: Prophet of Impressionism” at the Brooklyn Museum.
Metropolitan life: the novels of Dawn Powell
by Lauren Weiner
On the cold characters and mischievous city of Dawn Powell’s New York.
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Mitsuko Uchida at Carnegie Hall
by Samuel Lipman
On Mitsuko Uchida’s piano recital at Carnegie Hall.
Art
Getting emotional
by Jed Perl
On the paintings of Lisa Zwerling & Joan Snyder.
Books
Catullus: the poet as lover and scourge
by Donald Lyons
On Catullus by Charles Martin.
The “I” of the storm
by David Fromkin
On The World Crisis by Winston S. Churchill.
Friendship & devotion
by George Sim Johnston
Object lessons
by Paul Rand
A review of The Evolution of Useful Things by Henry Petroski.
Out of touch
by James Bowman
A review of Intellect & Public Life by Thomas Bender.
Shorter notice
by Michael Glover
Of The Gonne-Yeats Letters edited by Anna MacBride White & A. Norman Jeffares.
Shorter notice
by Carter Wiseman
Of Bernard Maybeck: Visionary Architect by Sally B. Woodbridge.
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