Coates contra mundum
by Anthony Daniels
A review of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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Updike’s naked poetry
by Brad Leithauser
Updike began and ended his career with poetry. More than his other writings, Updike’s verse provides the clearest picture of who he is.
The book of war
by Henrik Bering
Donald Stoker’s new book on Clausewitz helps dissect Clausewitz’s complicated legacy.
The old lies of the Young Turks
by Christopher Atamian
Reflections on the Armenian Genocide on the 100th anniversary.
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Poems
Letters from the World
Getting away from it all
by Stefan Beck
Time on an island in Hudson, New York, occasions some musings on the greatest shipwreck survivors in literature.
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Reconsiderations
Max Beerbohm’s humanity
by Richard Tillinghast
Reading Max Beerbohm reveals much about the times in which he lived.
Theater
Dueling misfits
by Kyle Smith
On Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and Finding Neverland at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
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Art
The Wadsworth Atheneum reborn
by Marco Grassi
On the newly renovated Wadsworth Atheneum.
Caro in Yorkshire
by Karen Wilkin
On “Caro in Yorkshire” at The Hepworth Wakefield and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Exhibition note
by Alexandra Mullen
On “Alice: 150 Years of Wonderland” at The Morgan Library & Museum.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Paintings by George Stubbs from the Yale Center for British Art” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Seeing Sound: New Works by Jane Harris, Alex Paik, Gelah Penn” at Odetta Gallery; “Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair” at MOMA PS1; “The Still Life Show” at Eleventh Street Arts; Jack Tworkov: Mark and Grid, 1931–1982” at Alexander Gray Associates; “Stephen Maine: New Paintings” at Hionas Gallery & “Gabriele Evertz: The Gray Question” at Minus Space.
Music
Salzburg chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Christiane Karg with Malcolm Martineau, the Vienna Philharmonic with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Werther, & more.
Books
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The media
Trumped-up narratives
by James Bowman
On the responses to the American train heroes and Trump on the campaign trail.
There’s an old joke
by Christie Davies
Nabokov’s American affair
by David Guaspari
A promising mixture
by Dominic Green
The self in bloom
by Ian Tuttle
In the ring corner
by Max Watman
Notes & Comments
A tale of two Popes
by The Editors
Comparing Pope Francis with his predecessor.
Yale follies (cont’d)
by The Editors
The ivy league school recently announced a new Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization at Yale Law School.
And farewell to The Mikado
by The Editors
On canceling Gilbert & Sullivan’s famous operetta.