“The literary life” at 25
by Joseph Epstein
On the state of “the literary life” a quarter-century after Joseph Epstein wrote on this subject for our inaugural issue.
Features
Another side of Paradise
by Anthony Daniels
On the questionable legacy of Jack Kerouac and On the Road.
Making sense of Robert Storr
by James Panero
What the American director of the 52nd Venice Biennale can tell us about the state of culture.
Who cares about Robert E. Lee?
by Daniel Mark Epstein
On Elizabeth Brown Pryor’s new look at the Confederate general.
Poems
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Dance
Just the way he was
by Laura Jacobs
On George Balanchine and “Symphonie Concertante.”
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Theater
British invasion
by Brooke Allen
On The Sorcerer at Bard College’s Summerscape Festival, Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare in the Park, and the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theater.
Art
News from the Berkshires
by Karen Wilkin
On “The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings” at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Exhibition note
by Nola Tully
On “Colour Before Color” at Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York.
Exhibition note
by David Yezzi
On “Neo Rauch at the Met: para” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Music
Supervirtuoso
by Jay Nordlinger
On the late Beverly Sills.
The media
Gotta get a gimmick
by James Bowman
On Rupert Murdoch’s bid for The Wall Street Journal and the downfall of The Weekly World News.
Books
What’s in a name?
by Mark Steyn
On World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism by Norman Podhoretz.
Gaulling
by David Pryce-Jones
On Testimony: France in the Twenty-first Century by Nicolas Sarkozy.
Bad quarter of an hour?
by Timothy Congdon
On The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes.
The ley of the land
by Michael J. Lewis
Land of Cockayne
by Alexandra Mullen
On Hubbub: Filth, Noise & Stench in England, 1600-1770 by Emily Cockayne.
Brains & brawn
by Susanne Klingenstein
On Jews & Power by Ruth R. Wisse.
Notebook
The absence of Amy Lowell
by Carl Rollyson
On the enigmatic poetess.
Notes & Comments
A putsch at Dartmouth?
by the Editors
On the Dartmouth administration’s latest attempt to stifle dissent.
The swindle of ”peace studies“
by the Editors
On one of the latest trendy “academic” disciplines.
Sensitivity’s slippery slope
by the Editors
On the absurd overtures bowing down to men of violence.