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Editor's noteEditor's note: We are pleased to announce that the winner of this year's New Criterion Poetry Prize is George Green. His book of poems Lord Byron's Foot, will be published in the fall of 2012 by St. Augustine's Press.
February 2012Volume 30, Number 6Departments Poems Reconsiderations Theater Art by Karen Wilkin On “Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists” at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. On "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art & Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. On “Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn, Ceramic Work 5000 B.C.–A.D. 2010” at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London & “The Flamboyant Mr. Chinnery: An English Artist in India and China” at Asia House, London. On "Johann Zoffany RA: Society Observed” at the Yale Center for British Art. by James Panero On “MIC:CHECK (occupy)” at Sideshow gallery, Brooklyn; “Gabriele Evertz: Rapture” at Minus Space, Brooklyn; “Lori Ellison” at McKenzie Fine Art, New York & “Halsey Hathaway and Gary Petersen: New Paintings” and “Paintings by Rob de Oude” at Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn. 5 “Lee Bontecou: Recent Work: Sculpture and Drawing” opened at FreedmanArt, New York, on October 27, 2011 and remains on view through February 11, 2012. Music The Media Notebook February 2012Volume 30, Number 6Books 
on Guerrilla Leader: T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt by James Schneider reviewed by David Pryce-Jones 
on Dangerous Ambition: Rebecca West and Dorothy Thompson: New Women in Search of Love and Power by Susan Hertog reviewed by Carl Rollyson 
on On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling (Writers on Writers) by Michael Dirda reviewed by Alexandra Mullen 
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Charles Murray s Fishtown in popular culture: http://t.co/dPVHQShY Tue, 07 Feb 2012 From the February Issue: On The New York Times's love letter to the Weather Underground member Judy Clark. http://t.co/YNWZf2Iv Sun, 05 Feb 2012 Roger Kimball wants you to read Andrew Roberts' new piece: http://t.co/Dd4T16n1 Roberts' work can be found here: http://t.co/aZdDEmtq Thu, 02 Feb 2012 February's issue online today with Anthony Daniels, Peter Collier, David Dubal, Thorton Wilder, and more! A must read! http://t.co/VAEcghYQ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 Kimball on curtailed free speech at #LSE: http://t.co/edol1Zda Wed, 01 Feb 2012 For more follow @newcriterion Webcasts
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