And I Still Speak of It And I Still Speak of It
I did not see the sky today it does or does not matter why I sat inside & looked away into the north-facing light of what I can’t won’t shouldn’t say a girl I know of wants to…
Feb 23, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Zucker
Puzzle No. 3424 Puzzle No. 3424
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Blows concealed by general’s technical jargon (8) 5 Look back into university degree for support (6) 10 Disentangl…
Feb 23, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Picabia’s Monsters Picabia’s Monsters
Even at his most iconoclastic, the French avant-gardist sought to paint life.
Feb 23, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Epivir, d4T, Crixivan Epivir, d4T, Crixivan
The new disease came, but not without warning. The drugs were a toxic combo that kept the sick going another year. I loved how you talked in your sleep about free will. Your clothe…
Feb 16, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Henri Cole
Puzzle No. 3423 Puzzle No. 3423
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Tot had rum, getting drunk in college (9) 6 Introduction to Mr. Smith’s Mrs. (5) 9 Feeling jealous after losing a…
Feb 16, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Austra’s Ear for the Moment Austra’s Ear for the Moment
The band’s new album calls for the future by harkening to the past.
Feb 16, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Erin Vanderhoof
Is ‘The Salesman’ the Best Foreign-Language Film of 2016? Is ‘The Salesman’ the Best Foreign-Language Film of 2016?
Stuart Klawans on Asghar Farhadi’s new feature.
Feb 16, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
49 Years Ago, Harry Belafonte Hosted the Tonight Show—and It Was Amazing 49 Years Ago, Harry Belafonte Hosted the Tonight Show—and It Was Amazing
He interviewed RFK and MLK months before their deaths. Fifteen of 25 guests were African American.
Feb 16, 2017 / Feature / Joan Walsh
The Muse of History The Muse of History
I. CLIO “let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth” The past’s fantasia cannot hold or let us go. Flycatcher catching itself in the pool’s glint gaze, Samarkand where Tamerlane…
Feb 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Cynthia Zarin
Late Afternoon Late Afternoon
(for Alice Truax) Three pairs of binoculars but which one works— why do we say “pair” when we mean one? What we see is what we are—the swimming pool’s black shadow eye-mote, a mole…
Feb 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Cynthia Zarin