Aug 20, 2018
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Constable, colonial furniture, the perennial Pope & more from the world of culture.
Topic: “Culture”
Books December 2017
Accepting Islamophobia
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Oct 20, 2017
Week in review
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On Chaucer manuscripts at Yale, “the heckler’s veto” & more.
Sep 20, 2017
A parliament of poets
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A review of Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture by Evan Kindley.
Art September 2017
Death of taste in Venice
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On the 2017 Venice Biennale and Damien Hirst’s “Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable” at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice.
Aug 25, 2017
Shakespeare? in the park
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On The Public Theater’s recent production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Aug 22, 2017
The Critic’s Notebook
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On classical music streaming, Russian scheming & more from the world of culture.
Notebook February 2017
Kafka, tuberculosis & “Magic Mountain”
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On the mania shared between the Bohemian writer and the German novel.
Reconsiderations October 2015
Max Beerbohm’s humanity
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Reading Max Beerbohm reveals much about the times in which he lived.
Features January 2008
The conservative response to Islam
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On how the West should react to the growing strength of Islam.