The many misunderstandings of Richard Hofstadter
by Fred Siegel
Dubbed “the second Mencken,” Richard Hofstadter’s scholarship is riddled with errors.
Features
Mandela’s secret South Africa
by Sarah Ruden
During her time in South Africa, Sarah Ruden saw the darker side of Mandela’s government.
Lane Cooper’s lessons
by Michael Dirda
Lane Cooper’s insight into literature is both powerful and enduring.
Loathing & loving New York
by Stephen Miller
The writer William Dean Howells struggled to make up his mind whether he preferred Boston or New York.
Poems
Most popular
Reconsiderations
William Morris, maker
by Richard Tillinghast
On William Morris, crafter of wallpaper, weaver, stained-glass maker, printer, poet, composer . . .
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Theater
Out of time
by Kevin D. Williamson
Reviews of Betrayal and King Lear.
Art
A Piano masterpiece
by Karen Wilkin
On the newly opened Renzo Piano addition to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey” at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
Exhibition note
by David Yezzi
On “Vasily Kandinsky: From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910–1925” at the Neue Galerie, New York, NY.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Sideshow Nation II: At the Alamo” at Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn; “Paperazzi III” at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn; “Clouds, organized by Adam Simon” at Lesley Heller Workspace, New York; “Eight Painters” at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York; “Lori Ellison” at McKenzie Fine Art, New York; “Angelina Gualdoni: Held in Place, Light in Hand” at Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York; and “Mel Kendrick: Water Drawings” at David Nolan Gallery, New York.
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
Reviews of recent classical concerts in New York including Falstaff.
The media
Unhappy anniversary
by James Bowman
As its centenary approaches, how should we view World War I?
Manners & Morals
No Redemption for the Wolf
by Emily Esfahani Smith
Looking at Macbeth as a tonic to the immorality of The Wolf of Wall Street.
Books
out of interstitials
Notebook
A book by its cover
by Anthony Daniels
On the pleasures and pains of judging the Hippocrates Prize in poetry.
Notes & Comments
History stirs again
by The Editors
It is the crucial moments, like the one Ukraine is experiencing right now, that build history.
“Extremists” in New York
by The Editors
The tyrannical liberalism of New York’s Governor Cuomo.