D. H. Lawrence in decline
by Brooke Allen
On D. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider by John Worthen.
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Is manliness obsolete?
by James Piereson
A review of Manliness by Harvey C. Mansfield
The enigmatic R. S. Thomas
by Anthony Daniels
On the Welsh poet.
Mark Van Doren & American classicism
by Jeffrey Hart
A student and friend remembers the critic.
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Poems
“On tenterhooks”
by Dick Allen
A new poem.
The nosebleed
by Rachel Hadas
A new poem.
‘Script Ohio’
by Elizabeth Spires
A new poem.
Reconsiderations
Shade’s shadow
by Jeffrey Meyers
On Dr. Johnson and Pale Fire.
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Theater
Greatest hits & misses
by Mark Steyn
On Hedda Gabler, Hell, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Ring of Fire.
Art
David Smith: a centennial celebration
by Karen Wilkin
On “Personage” at Gagosian Gallery and “Seeing David Smith” at Knoedler & Company.
The New York fairs
by James Panero
On “The Armory Show” at Piers 90 and 92; “The Art Show” at Seventh Regiment Armory & “The Winter Antiques Show” also at the Seventh Regiment Armory.
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the latest in the New York music scene.
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The media
Judas makes a comeback
by James Bowman
A new “gospel” and the Plame affair.
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Fiction chronicle
The ever-present human hint of yellow
by Max Watman
On novels from across the pond.
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Books
The cracked kettle of Flaubert
by Eric Ormsby
On Flaubert: A Biography by Frederick Brown.
The devil’s music
by David Propson
On Christopher Marlowe: Poet & Spy by Park Honan.
Practical & symbolic
by Michael J. Lewis
On The Architecture of Warren & Wetmore by Peter Pennoyer & Anne Walker.
Diagnosing the left
by Paul Hollander
On The Intellectuals and the Flag by Todd Gitlin.
Notebook
Fifty years of “Quadrant”
by Hal Colebatch
On the anniversary of the Australian journal.
Notes & Comments
Muriel Spark, RIP
by The Editors
On the passing of the novelist.
William Sloane Coffin, RIP
by The Editors
On the career of Yale’s former chaplain.