Bonnard in Paris
by Hilton Kramer
On retrospectives for a Post-Impressionist painter.
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Balthus in New York
by Jed Perl
On Balthus’s myths, paintings, and sources of inspiration.
The novel in the academy: a paean to perplexity
by Bruce Bawer
On American Fictions 1940-1980 by Frederick R. Karl.
Relativities: pages from a notebook
by David Paul
On ideas and creativity.
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Que Seurat Seurat
by Mimi Kramer
On Sondheim & Lapine’s Sunday in the Park with George.
A note from the publisher
by Samuel Lipman
On the banning of Mimi Kramer from the Third Night Press List of the League of New York Theaters & Producers.
Art
The “triumph” of Mark Tansey
by Eric Gibson
On Mark Tansey’s paintings.
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Hastening the decline of grammar
by David Lehman
On Geoffrey Nunberg’s The Decline of Grammar in The Atlantic Monthly.
Mme Pierre Monteux
by Samuel Lipman
On Doris Monteux’s life and her representation in the media.