Features May 2020
The scab & the wound beneath
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On painful realities in the age of the coronavirus.
On painful realities in the age of the coronavirus.
On the moral safeguard of dignity.
On prudence and protest.
A review of Cathay: A Critical Edition, by Ezra Pound, edited by Timothy Billings.
On the Berkshire Museum’s deaccession program, Chinese censorship & Thomas Campbell.
On the unrest below the surface of Chinese society.
On Paradise Interrupted, Reich/Reverberations, The Winter’s Tale, and The Illuminated Heart at Lincoln Center, and The Golden Bride at Kessler’s Second Avenue Theatre.
The march of the Maoists, the roots of meritocracy, and the danger of "Diversity."
On China’s fortunes and their relation to the rule of law.
On Zhang Huan & contemporary art in China.