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When you enter the room You destroy the room, the room You waited so long to enter— No: “to get into,” to be allowed To enter and so on. A nod To Kafka, existentialism, theories Of…

May 5, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Laura Mullen

The Roots of American Conservatism

The Roots of American Conservatism The Roots of American Conservatism

Why do the politics of free markets and cultural reaction keep returning like some Republican Freddy Krueger?

May 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer

‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer ‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer

The outstanding political film of the 2016 presidential season is about the 2013 New York City mayoral race.

May 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

America’s Long Hangover

America’s Long Hangover America’s Long Hangover

How did Prohibition turn into a law-enforcement extravaganza?

Apr 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage

How to Succeed on Broadway!

How to Succeed on Broadway! How to Succeed on Broadway!

Why is Arthur Miller one of the most lauded American playwrights—and one of the most vilified?

Apr 20, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

Hume’s Call to Action

Hume’s Call to Action Hume’s Call to Action

For philosophy to be effective, it has to understand the world in which it operates. David Hume brought history and politics to the realm of ideas.

Apr 20, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Richard Bourke

Can an Unfinished Piece of Art Also Be Complete?

Can an Unfinished Piece of Art Also Be Complete? Can an Unfinished Piece of Art Also Be Complete?

An exhibit at the Met Breuer explores the differences between completing and finishing an artwork.

Apr 14, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Carmen Boullosa

The Need of the Forgotten The Need of the Forgotten

The novelist and poet Carmen Boullosa talks about her obsession with lost stories and found textual objects, and how rereading gives books new faces.

Apr 8, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Bady

Hopes of Coexistence in Syria

Hopes of Coexistence in Syria Hopes of Coexistence in Syria

Does Samar Yazbek’s diary of the Syrian civil war merely represent the dreams of an exile?

Apr 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel

My Erasures

My Erasures My Erasures

My erasures were featured. * I collected debris to sell as crash art, crush porn. * “Say goodbye to Lonesome George,” the last Galapagos tortoise. * I was a pushover for the laws o…

Apr 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Rae Armantrout

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