Landlocked: On American Property Landlocked: On American Property
In the secret history of property law, property rests on the authority of the state.
Jun 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Hendrik Hartog
Tutelary Tutelary
Solace from anemones, sepals of instinct pushing the air. Why do they matter so much, there in the room at noon while nothing moves around them: scarlet, creams, and burgundies, magenta, bone-white, and bruise-like blues; the wind’s daughter, or bride, for some, for others a temple to the wounds of Tammuz— or living itself, wordless, longing. Where is that luminous lusciousness from?
Jun 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Cole
Impossible to Tell: On Robert Pinsky Impossible to Tell: On Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky’s Selected Poems shows that being popular doesn't entail being predictable.
Jun 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Bass
Poor Boys and Pilgrims Poor Boys and Pilgrims
Eric on Heart and Paul Simon and Reed on the absurdity of the anger surrounding leaks.
Jun 15, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
A Vast Choir of Voices: On Claude Lanzmann A Vast Choir of Voices: On Claude Lanzmann
In his memoir, The Patagonian Hare, the Shoah director’s life upstages his masterwork.
Jun 13, 2012 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Emily Bernard’s Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance.
Jun 13, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Heart and Soul Heart and Soul
Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, Kirby Dick’s The Invisible War, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus
Jun 13, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Crisis of Spirit in the Age of ‘Colbert’ A Crisis of Spirit in the Age of ‘Colbert’
The values of the market have come to permeate every aspect of our society.
Jun 6, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
The Higher Bealism: The Moral Limits of Markets The Higher Bealism: The Moral Limits of Markets
Why are moral and political thinkers failing to engage with the true, dispiriting scale of market sovereignty?
Jun 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Ghosts and Machines: On Anne Tyler and Peter Carey Ghosts and Machines: On Anne Tyler and Peter Carey
The Beginner’s Goodbye, The Chemistry of Tears and the burden of inheritance.
Jun 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Leo Robson