Wolfe in sheep’s clothing?
by William D. Gairdner
On The Future of Liberalism by Alan Wolfe.
Features
The lingering stench: airing Stalin’s archives
by Gary Saul Morson
On Inside the Stalin Archives by Jonathan Brent.
Sacred furor: Riccio & antiquity
by Andrew Butterfield
On the classical sources of inspiration and emotional intensity in Riccio’s sculpture.
Cheever vs. Cheever
by Stefan Beck
On the collected works of John Cheever and Blake Bailey’s new biography, Cheever: A Life.
Poems
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Reconsiderations
Oriental Jones in India
by Jeremy Bernstein
On the life, letters & linguistic genius of William Jones (1746–94).
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Theater
Tough love
by Brooke Allen
On Becky Shaw at the Second Stage, The American Plan at the Manhattan Theater Club, and Sleepwalk With Me at the Bleecker Street Theater.
Art
Pierre Bonnard’s late interiors
by Karen Wilkin
On “Pierre Bonnard: The Late Still Lifes and Interiors” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, January 27–April 19, 2009.
Exhibition notice
by Leann Davis Alspaugh
On “Grand Scale: Monumental Prints in the Age of Dürer and Titian” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 31–April 26, 2009.
Exhibition notice
by Mario Naves
On “The Thaw Collection of Master Drawings: Acquisitions Since 2002” at the Morgan Library, New York, January 23, 2009–May 3, 2009.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Louise Nevelson: Dawns and Dusks” at Pace
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Antony and Cleopatra and Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera; Gustavo Dudamel and Pinchas Zuckerman with the New York Philharmonic; Vladimir Feltsman at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Marilyn Horne’s 75th birthday gala at Carnegie Hall; Ricardo Muti with the New York Philharmonic; the Miró Quartet at Weill Recital Hall; Joyce DiDonato at Zankel Hall; James Levine and the Metropolitan Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
The media
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Books
Citizen Hearst
by Conrad Black
A review of The Uncrowned King by Kenneth White.
Freak party
by Ben Downing
A review of Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London’s Jazz Age by D. J. Taylor.
Following the code
by Stephen Schwartz
A review of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
A despot’s verse
by John Derbyshire
Guerrillas in the midst
by Jay Nordlinger
A review of The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One, by David Kilcullen.
Notebook
Boxing with Mailer
by Anthony Daniels
On the ignoble science of boxing’s hangers-on.
Notes & Comments
Christophobia on the march?
by The Editors
Double-dealing at Wiley-Blackwell: the case of the Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization.
The dangers of “safety”
by The Editors
On the regulation of children’s books by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.