Wandering Through Documenta Wandering Through Documenta
Do big, world-scale art exhibitions have any use today?
Sep 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
In Search of the ‘Vital Center’ In Search of the ‘Vital Center’
Is the politics of moderation really the best way to avoid tyranny?
Sep 8, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Schlozman
A Buddha Sighting A Buddha Sighting
When I was three I saw baby Buddha in an apple tree by the Hudson When we grew up Buddha climbed down from his apple tree And took the New York Central Railroad down the Hudson int…
Sep 7, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Mont Pelerin in Virginia Mont Pelerin in Virginia
A new book on James Buchanan and public-choice theory explores the Southern roots of the free-market right.
Sep 7, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Sari Nusseibeh’s Search for Reason Sari Nusseibeh’s Search for Reason
After dedicating much of his life to peace activism, the Palestinian philosopher has returned to his early preoccupations: philosophy and Islamic thought.
Sep 6, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Christopher de Bellaigue
The Messy Business of Free Speech The Messy Business of Free Speech
What’s missing from Floyd Abrams’s book The Soul of the First Amendment.
Sep 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Gara LaMarche
From Jazz Clubs to Classrooms From Jazz Clubs to Classrooms
Recent releases by two jazz-program graduates, Ryan Keberle and Tyshawn Sorey, make potent cases for whatever educational methods work.
Aug 31, 2017 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
Crossing Fingers, Kissing Hands Crossing Fingers, Kissing Hands
In its making, in its quip and rhyme, manicured or not, the hangnail enshrined— crossed, ringed, a rabbit’s paw, solemn fingers, vowed fingers and a hand… the palm knows. The wipe,…
Aug 24, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Marc Vincenz
The Made Thing Considers Itself The Made Thing Considers Itself
Made the night, made the day, made deep the waters, made the waters go away, made the crow and the threshing sound, made the earth and the shovel, made the dove and the olive sprig…
Aug 24, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Dan Beachy-Quick
Mathias Énard’s Alternative Cosmopolitanism Mathias Énard’s Alternative Cosmopolitanism
Ranging across the Mediterranean, his novels map out the intermediate space between East and West.
Aug 24, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Jesse McCarthy