The postmodern assault
by Hilton Kramer
On being the ninth in a series on “The future of the European past”.
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C.J. Herington: an homage
by Roger Kimball
Remembering the devoted writer and scholar.
Revisionist lust: the Smithsonian today
by Heather Mac Donald
On identity politics in the museum.
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Letter from Moscow
by Christian Caryl
On Russia’s present culture & troubles.
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Theater
Stonewall Jackson slept here
by Mark Steyn
On Stonewall Jackson’s House and Play On!
Art
The Glory of Byzantium at the Met
by Karen Wilkin
On “The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843–1261” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A daughter of Dada: Hannah Höch at MOMA
by Mario Naves
On The Photomontages of Hannah Höch at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Dance
Misha: impossible
by Laura Jacobs
On Mikhail Baryshnikov & White Oak Dance Project at BAM.
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The media
Religion or merely kooky?
by James Bowman
On the reporting of the Heaven’s Gate suicides.
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Nonfiction chronicle
Devouring love
by Brooke Allen
On The Kiss by Kathyrn Harrison, The Shadow Man by Mary Gordon & The Architect of Desire by Suzannah Lessard.
Books
Against the old clichés
by Anne Applebaum
A review of Europe: A History by Norman Davies.
Idylls of old Newark
by James Tuttleton
Review of American Pastoral by Philip Roth
Mr. Warren’s profession
by Richard Tillinghast
Review of Robert Penn Warren by Joseph Blotner
Empson’s only heir?
by Paul Dean
Review of Essays in Appreciation by Christopher Ricks
Notes & Comments
A baneful influence
by The Editors
On the death of Allen Ginsberg.
PEN’s iron curtain
by The Editors
On PEN’s refusal to release materials to Susan Sontag’s biographer.