Swimming with “Leviathan”
by Kenneth Minogue
Reconsidering Hobbes’s magnum opus with the release of a new edition.
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The pen is mightier
by David Pryce-Jones
David Pryce-Jones explores the novels of Evelyn Waugh and his special relationship with the author.
The biggest loser
by Barry Strauss
Why the failings of Demosthenes prove his historical importance.
T. S. Eliot & the roots that clutch
by Jim McCue
T. S. Eliot had a special bond with the Somerset village of East Coker. Now, that village is in danger of being destroyed.
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Not the greatest generation
by James Bowman
Looking back at Philip Wylie’s Generation of Vipers.
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by Kevin D. Williamson
On Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, My Name Is Asher Lev, and The Other Place.
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Lois Dodd in Portland
by Karen Wilkin
On “Lois Dodd: Catching the Light” at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Drawing Surrealism” at The Morgan Library & Museum, New York.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Walt Kuhn: American Modern” at DC Moore Gallery, New York, “Armory Week,” Beat Nite, and more.
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New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Rigoletto at the Met, Zhou Long’s Bell Drum Towers, Kyle Blaha’s Triptych, performances by the New York Philharmonic, Dorothea Röschmann, and more.
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The naked and the famous
by James Bowman
On streaking, the Super Bowl, the Grammys, and women in combat.
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The Met gets spooked
by The Editors
Exploring the artist residence of DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid at the Met.
Tanenhaus’s original sin
by The Editors
Republicans’ color problem: Is the GOP the “Party of White People”?