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April 2011 Volume 29, Number 8  

Notes & Comments

Groves of depravity
Academic freedom debased.


Features

Upstairs & downstairs in Amherst
by Denis Donoghue
On two new books about the life and works of Emily Dickinson.

The subtle Scotsman
by Adam Kirsch
On the Selected Poems of Mick Imlah.

Frost's horse, Wilbur's ride
by William Logan
On the horse in American poetry.

Committed to detachment
by Paul Dean
On the enigmatic Andrew Marvell.

The corrupted treasures of this world
by David Yezzi
On the Selected Poems of Anthony Hecht


Poems

An introduction to Osip Mandlestam: new versions
by Christian Wiman

Osip Mandlestam: new versions
by Christian Wiman


Dance

The birds: Odile & Odette at NYCB
by Laura Jacobs
On NYCB's recent production of Swan Lake.


Theater

Staging violence
by Kevin D. Williamson
On Diary of a Madman, Mother of God, Macbeth & Beautiful Burnout.


Art

Picasso in New York & Virginia
by Karen Wilkin
On “Picasso’s Guitars 1912–1914” & “Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso.”

Exhibition note
by Franklin Einspruch
On "Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey" at the Boston Athenæum.

Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Peter Reginato: Polychrome” at Heidi Cho Gallery, “Mel Kendrick: Works from 1995 to Now” at David Nolan Gallery & “Thornton Willis” at Elizabeth Harris Gallery.


Music

New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger


The Media

Cerebrofacturers
by James Bowman
On the culture of validation.


Books

Tocqueville in private
by Daniel J. Mahoney

Honoring the compact
by Andrew C. McCarthy

Put the book down
by Michael Anderson

Nostalgie de la boue
by Paul Hollander

Siding with the truth
by David Pryce-Jones
On The Last Intellectuals by Peter Coleman.

Realism without falsity
by Jeffrey Hart


Notebook

Harvard meets the man from Boggabilla
by Roger Sandall