May 2013Volume 31, Number 9Departments Poems Reconsiderations Rome was a magical place for Eleanor Clark, who shares her connection with the city in Rome and a Villa. Fiction Chronicle by Stefan Beck Reviews of Manuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho, Fight Song by Joshua Mohr, The Fun Parts by Sam Lipsyte, and The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud. Dance by Laura Jacobs A look back on Le Sacre du printemps on the centenary of Stravinsky's famous ballet. Theater Coverage of Macbeth, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Hands on a Hardbody. Art by Karen Wilkin On “Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. On "Man Ray: Portraits” at the National Portrait Gallery, London. by Mario Naves On "The New Spirit: American Art in the Armory Show, 1913” at the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ. by James Panero On “Dana Gordon & John Mendelsohn: New Paintings” at Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, “Jane Freilicher: Painter Among Poets” at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, “Fedele Spadafora: New Paintings” at Slag Gallery, Brooklyn, and “John Dubrow: Recent Work” at Lori Bookstein Fine Art. Music On recent performances, including Stephanie Blythe, Francesca da Rimini, the New York Philharmonic, the Artemis Quartet, Sol Gabetta, the Škampa Quartet, and more. The Media by James Bowman The fallout from Britain's phone-hacking scandal has now led to government regulation of the media and an ominous future for free speech in the West. Letters May 2013Volume 31, Number 9Books 
on Saving Justice: Watergate, the Saturday Night Massacre, and Other Adventures of a Solicitor General by Robert H. Bork reviewed by Andrew C. McCarthy 
on Distant Intimacy: A Friendship in the Age of the Internet by Mr. Frederic Raphael reviewed by Ben Downing 
on Literary Names: Personal Names in English Literature by Alastair Fowler reviewed by Alexandra Mullen |
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