Global Latinists
by John Byron Kuhner
On Latin as an alive and spoken language.
Features
Bernstein at 100: a personal look
by Jay Nordlinger
On the composer, conductor, pianist, and writer Leonard Bernstein.
Puttin’ on the style
by Dominic Green
On writing, and on English style.
A taste for the taboo
by James F. Penrose
On illicit literature of the French Revolution.
Poems
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Letters from the World
Hee-haw, brave wilderness!
by Alexander Suebsaeng
On history alive and dead in Zimbabwe.
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Reconsiderations
Manzoni’s unfulfilled legacy
by Alberto Mingardi
On the economic lessons of Alessandro Manzoni’s The Betrothed.
Theater
Facing the music
by Kyle Smith
On Disco Pigs at the Irish Rep, Hindle Wakes at the Clurman Theatre, & Farinelli and the King at the Belasco Theatre.
Art
Veronese at the Frick
by Karen Wilkin
On “Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Renaissance Masterpieces Restored” at the Frick Collection.
Exhibition note
by Paul du Quenoy
On “Opera: Passion, Power and Politics” at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Albers opens eyes to Mexico
by Andrew L. Shea
On “Josef Albers in Mexico” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On the controversy surrounding the Berkshire Museum, and on “Ann Purcell: Caravan Series” at Berry Campbell, “Ben Godward: Sculptures” at Sean Scully Studio, and “Katherine Bernhardt: Green” at Canada.
Music
Pride of Pittsburgh
by Eric C. Simpson
On the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
The media
Methods of madness
by James Bowman
On the media and the Twenty-fifth Amendment.
Books
Notebook
Dick Allen, 1939—2017
by David Yezzi
Remembering the life and works of Dick Allen.
E. V. Thaw, 1927—2018
by Marco Grassi
Remembering the life and legacy of Eugene V. Thaw.
Notes & Comments
Ave atque vale
by The Editors
The New Criterion remembers a number of close friends.
In medias res
by The Editors
On a new Classics journal published by the Paideia Institute.