Soviet fate, Russian hope
by Jacob Howland
On Nadezhda Mandelstam’s literary achievements.
Features
Mighty Penn
by Michael J. Lewis
On the “Rebuild Penn Station” movement, and on Penn Station’s architectural history.
The case of Henry Green
by Dominic Green
On the literary career of the English novelist Henry Green.
Words made flesh
by Eric Ormsby
A review of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World by Christopher de Hamel.
Poems
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Letters from the World
Among the ufologists
by Andrew Stuttaford
On the alien tourism industry, past and present.
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Reflections
The permanence & failure of Surrealism
by Micah Mattix
On what’s lost in surrealist poetry.
Theater
Daggers drawn
by Kyle Smith
On Hangmen at the Linda Gross Theater, At Home at the Zoo at the Irene Diamond Stage & Relevance at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
Art
Outliers at the National Gallery
by Karen Wilkin
On “Outliers and American Vanguard Art” at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Northern exposure
by Brian T. Allen
On “The Art of Canada: Director’s Cut” at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
Burning Cole
by James Panero
On “Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, and, at Carnegie Hall, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Denis Matsuev, Janine Jansen, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the Cleveland Orchestra, and Marilyn Horne.
The media
Zip ties & media lies
by James Bowman
On the lack of self awareness in the party of grievance-mongers.
Books
Notebook
Gavin Stamp, 1948—2017
by Clive Aslet
Remembering the life of the architectural historian.
Notes & Comments
Art & an affront
by The Editors
On the recent legal decision regarding “5Pointz” in Long Island City.
Speaking of insolence
by The Editors
On a footnote to the “Rhodes Must Fall” movement.