In the footsteps of Sade
by Roger Kimball
On Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia.
Features
David Smith: the sculptor and his drawings
by Karen Wilkin
On David Smith’s sculptures.
Arnold Toynbee & his “nonsense book”
by Elie Kedourie
On history and writing.
Fictions & fabrications in autobiography today
by James Tuttleton
On the question of whether or not autobiography is literature, and its status in contemporary criticism.
The song of Thomas Kinsella
by Floyd Skloot
On Thomas Kinsella’s poetry.
Poems
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Music
A recital of Pollini’s
by Samuel Lipman
On one of the most successful pianists.
Art
Classics without commercials
by Jed Perl
On galleries showing non-contemporary work.
Books
Ruined squire
by Robert Richman
A review of The Collected Poems of Sidney Keyes edited by Michael Meyer.
A privileged man
by David Pryce-Jones
A review of Where Joy Resides: A Christopher Isherwood Reader edited by Don Bachardy & James P. White.
Young Winston’s salvation
by David Fromkin
A review of The Story of the Malakand Field Force & other early works by Winston Churchill.
Notes & Comments
Refurbishing the rhetoric of revolution
by The Editors
On Pierre Bourdieu’s essay History Dawns in the East in the TLS.
Presenting politics, not art
by The Editors
On An American Dialogue, a report by the National Task Force on Presenting & Touring the Performing Arts.
Beyond perfection at the Kimbell
by The Editors
On the proposed expansion of the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
Onward and upward with the arts
by The Editors
On the performance art of Annie Sprinkle.