From the archives of the academy
An excerpt from Balancing the Demand with the Delight: Preparing the English Professional at Cornell
A gospel of emancipation
by Roger Kimball
The second in a series titled Reflections on a cultural revolution
Abstraction & utopia, II
by Hilton Kramer
On the politics of abstract art in De Stijl
Rediscovering the “espírito” of Machado
by Lauren Weiner
On new editions of the books of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Women & politics: Madame de Tencin
by Renee Winegarten
On the French writer Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin
Louis Auchincloss at 80
by James Tuttleton
A consideration of the author upon publication of his book The Atonement & Other Stories
Summertime
by Mark Steyn
On the summer theater season
Cambodia comes to Washington
by Karen Wilkin
On Sculpture of Angkor & Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Frederick Ashton's England
by Laura Jacobs
On Secret Muses: The Life of Frederick Ashton by Julie Kavanagh
Diana week
by James Bowman
On the media flurry surrounding Princess Diana's death
"Chigagoland" chronicler
by Philip Terzian
Review of The Colonel: The Life & Legend of Robert B. McCormick, 1880-1955, by Richard Norton Smith
Blockbuster homiletics
by Paul Gross
Review of Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life & Death at the Brink of the Millennium by Carl Sagan
Accented vernacular
by Brooke Allen
Review of The Complete Stories by Bernard Malamud
Comic contempt
by Peter Schwendener
Review of The Collected Stories by Paul Theroux
Sviatoslav Richter, 1915-1997
by Alexander Coleman
A commemoration of the renowned pianist