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Self-Portrait, 1955, by Vivian Maier

Self-Portrait in a Sheet Mirror: On Vivian Maier

The recently discovered photographs of Vivian Maier are tantalizing works of artistry and ambition.

Joanna Scott

For Albert Cossery, the world is split between those who respect a cause and those who don’t give a tinker's damn.
Posted May 22 2012 - 6:07pm
Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator; Emad Brunat and Guy Davidi’s 5 Broken Cameras
Posted May 22 2012 - 6:03pm

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Christa Wolf, October 1989

A postwar German novelist’s complicated legacy.

A “Hidden Mother” tintype

In The Conflict, the French intellectual takes American mothering to task.

Samuel Beckett, 1966

Samuel Beckett wants you to have a less bad day.

Lyric Nation

Lyric Nation

Three Poems by Peter Cole (Lyric Nation)

 "Leviticus Again," "Of Time and Intensity," "Tutelary"

Lyric Nation: Three Poems by Susan Stewart (Lyric Nation)

"There Is No Natural Death," "The Forest," "The Owl"