The Sixties at 40
by Peter Collier
On 1968, four decades later.
Features
A literary education
by Joseph Epstein
On being well-versed in literature.
William Wilberforce: the great emancipator
by Keith Windschuttle
On William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner by William Hague.
Sleuthing Conan Doyle
by Alexandra Mullen
On The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Andrew Lycett and Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters edited by Jon Lellenberg.
Letters from the World
A tale of two countries
by Anthony Daniels
On England, France, and Ruskinian delusions.
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Dance
Vaults & waters: the Kirov at City Center
by Laura Jacobs
On the Kirov Ballet in Manhattan.
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Theater
LuPone’s turn
by Brooke Allen
On Gypsy at the St James Theatre, Boeing-Boeing at the Longacre Theater, and The New Century at Lincoln Center.
Art
Greenberg & Rosenberg
by Karen Wilkin
On “Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976” at the Jewish Museum, New York.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Catherine Murphy: New Work” at Knoedler & Company; “Walton Ford” at Paul Kasmin Gallery & “Jacob Collins—Rediscovering the American Landscape: The Eastholm Project” at Hirschl & Adler.
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the 2007-2008 season.
The media
Getting it
by James Bowman
On being part of the small exclusive circle of people who “get it.”
Verse chronicle
Valentine’s Day massacre
by William Logan
On Valentines by Ted Kooser, Fifty-Two by Melissa Green, The Wave-Maker by Elizabeth Spires, Seven Notebooks by Campbell McGrath, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time by Marie Howe, and Sea Change by Jorie Graham.
Books
Up in smoke
by Andrew Roberts
On Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker.
The great & the good
by Daniel J. Mahoney
Up from liberalism
by James Piereson
On Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism by Alfred S. Regnery.
Off with the motley
by R. J. Stove
On Leoncavallo: Life and Works by Konrad Dryden.
What Wolff knows
by Stefan Beck
On Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff.
Shorter notice
by Jonathan Leaf
On George Washington on Leadership by Richard Brookhiser.
Notes & Comments
Speaking up for the Fifties
by the Editors
On the roots of the Sixties.
A note of thanks
by the Editors
On the generosity of our patrons.