Ave atque vale
by Donald Kagan
Upon his retirement from Yale, Donald Kagan considers the future of liberal education in this farewell speech.
Features
If you see something, say nothing
by Andrew C. McCarthy
Changes to the AP stylebook show that we’re blinding ourselves to the connections between Islamic extremism and terrorism.
Clearing London’s fog
by Pat Rogers
The enthralling history of eighteenth-century London.
Henry James’s America
by Stephen Miller
On the novelist’s huddled masses.
Poems
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Reconsiderations
Yue Minjun’s haunting laughter
by Anthony Daniels
Chinese artist Yue Minjun speaks out about China’s problems in his paintings.
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Theater
Getting into their pants
by Kevin D. Williamson
After getting tossed from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 for throwing another patron’s cellphone, Kevin D. Williamson provides coverage of Orphans, Jekyll & Hyde, and Bull: The Bullfight Play.
Art
The new old museum
by Karen Wilkin
On the refurbished Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and “The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America” at the newly renovated Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.
Exhibition note
by Eric Gibson
On “Richard Serra: Early Work” at David Zwirner, New York.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina” at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Exhibition note
by Leann Davis Alspaugh
On “The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism” at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Jeff Koons: Gazing Ball” at David Zwirner, “Jeff Koons: New Paintings and Sculpture” at Gagosian Gallery, “Andrew Seto: Lazy Reader” at Theodore:Art, Brooklyn, “James Little: Never Say Never, Recent Work” at June Kelly Gallery, “William Meyers: New York, Look & Listen” at Nailya Alexander Gallery, and “Don Voisine” at McKenzie Fine Art.
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On recent performances by Isabel Leonard, the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the Staatskapelle Dresden, Mitsuko Uchida, and more.
The media
Theories of relativity
by James Bowman
Equations, austerity, and the limitations of clinging to theory.
Verse chronicle
Collateral damage
by William Logan
On The Word on the Street by Paul Muldoon, Mayakovsky’s Revolver by Matthew Dickman, Come, Thief by Jane Hirshfield, Quick Question by John Ashbery, The Late Parade by Adam Fitzgerald, and Red Doc> by Anne Carson.
Books
out of interstitials
Notebook
On remembering poems
by Andrew Hamilton
The lost art of memorizing poetry.
Notes & Comments
Higher education bubble: Williams edition
by The Editors
Based on a scathing report about Bowdoin, Williams College deserves closer scrutiny.
A note of thanks
by The Editors
Celebrating the end of another publishing season.