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Literary CriticismApril 16, 2018
Harry Mathews’s Framed Stories
Multiple meanings always simmer under the surface of his writing, but in The Solitary Twin, they’re more hidden.
Alina Cohen
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisSeptember 18, 2017
Speaking of the ‘Female Gaze’
In today’s confused, commercial, and not-quite-intellectual environment, the phrase “female gaze” functions in varied ways, according to its users’ needs.
Alina Cohen
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Fine ArtMay 26, 2017
Owning Time at the Venice Biennale
If only for an hour, the Zimbabwean artist Admire Kamudzengerere sought to exert control over an audience culled from the wealthy, sophisticated, international art-world elite.
Alina Cohen
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Books and IdeasMarch 8, 2017
The Mind of a Feminist
A new book by Siri Hustvedt offers challenging ways to understand how misogyny became so deeply embedded in our culture.
Alina Cohen
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Fine ArtNovember 26, 2016
Philip Guston’s Man Beyond Redemption
Guston’s drawings of Richard Nixon stayed private until decades after the artist’s death.
Alina Cohen
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FictionSeptember 30, 2016
Leopoldine Core’s Concrete Jungle
In her new collection, Core evidences a serious concern not just with what happens in a story, but also where it occurs.
Alina Cohen
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Literary CriticismApril 29, 2016
What Is It Good For?
In his new story collection, Luke Mogelson demonstrates that American soldiers fight for someone, and something, other than the reasons you hear.
Alina Cohen
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TheaterApril 25, 2016
Arthur Miller’s Chameleon Play
Over the past 63 years, The Crucible has taken on myriad new meanings. But the real lesson is that some things never really change.
Alina Cohen
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CultureMarch 11, 2016
‘Eclipsed’: Out From the Shadows
The new, wonderfully acted Broadway play sheds light on the untold stories of the women who lived through the second Liberian civil war.
Alina Cohen
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Arts and EntertainmentFebruary 15, 2016
NSA: National Security, Art
Perhaps what’s most striking about “Astro Noise” and “Agitprop!” are the ingenuity and openness of the institutions hosting the shows.
Alina Cohen