Delmore’s Way Delmore’s Way
How the stormy eloquence of Delmore Schwartz made possible the glittering prose of Saul Bellow.
Jun 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
An Experimental Life An Experimental Life
Sonia Delaunay breathed art like others lived alcohol or crime.
Jun 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Twin Twin
He resembled me. I held him up to my lips, then threw him into the salty water. He sank to the bottom. I heard a giggle. An invitation to play together. (Translated from the Polish by Piotr Gwiazda)
Jun 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Grzegorz Wróblewski
Finding Nearly Forgotten Music Finding Nearly Forgotten Music
Why the musician and filmmaker John Cohen still thinks that true objectivity is an elusive beast.
Jun 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Pocock
Zero Visibility Zero Visibility
He moves in front of me. I can hear words… A prayer? A snake bite? I enter a fog tunnel. The guide falls silent. No way back. I grope my way forward. (Life is unbearable.) (Translated from the Polish by Piotr Gwiazda)
Jun 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Grzegorz Wróblewski
How Edward Snowden Sparked a Librarians’ Quarrel How Edward Snowden Sparked a Librarians’ Quarrel
In 2013, American Library Association passed a public statement in support of the former NSA contractor. Then it changed its mind.
Jun 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Zoë Carpenter
Enlightened. Elitist. Undemocratic. Enlightened. Elitist. Undemocratic.
Has the EU followed a path first blazed by Napoleon?
May 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
Can Science Go Back to the Future? Can Science Go Back to the Future?
Trying to bring extinct species back to life is the latest symptom of ecological anxiety.
May 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Cathy Gere
Against the Barricades Against the Barricades
Exposing the debasement of language in service to ideologies was Renata Adler’s cause.
May 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Katie Ryder
The Not-So-Feminist History of Wonder Woman The Not-So-Feminist History of Wonder Woman
The superheroine’s polygamous creator exploited the love and labor of the women who were his inspiration.
May 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Emily Greenhouse