Tending the gardens of music
by Jay Nordlinger
The sixth in a series titled “Lengthened shadows.”
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How good was Maugham?
by Anthony Daniels
On Somerset Maugham by Jefferey Meyers.
Remembering George Gissing
by Judy Stove
On the author, 1857–1903.
Of human accomplishment
by Denis Dutton
On Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 BC to 1950 by Charles Murray.
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Waiting for the golden pig
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On the Christmas season in the Czech capital.
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Neil Simon: the goodbye guy
by Mark Steyn
OnRose’s Dilemma.
Art
La Belle Fernande in Washington
by Karen Wilkin
On Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier at the National Gallery, Washington D.C.
Armchair adventures
by James Panero
On Joe Zucker: Unhinged at Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, Joe Zucker: Drawings 1977-2003 at Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, Philip Pearlstein at Robert Miller Gallery, New York & Antoine-Louis Bayre and the American Collector at James Graham & Sons, New York.
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Beast-man politics
by James Bowman
On the absence of content in political discourse.
Books
The mystery of Marianne Moore
by William Logan
More than natural grace
by Francis Morrone
The great imperialist
by Deepak Lal
Nothing shabby
by Alexandra Mullen
A review of The Afterlife: Essays & Criticism, by Penelope Fitzgerald.
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Relieving man’s estate
by The Editors
On Beyond Therapy and Being Human published by the President’s Council on Bioethics.
Voting at the MLA
by The Editors
On the anti-war, anti-Bush position of the MLA.