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December 16, 2008
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December 2, 2008
‘Lost as Food and Won as a Coast’
Is a new, computer-generated poetry anthology as intriguing–and boring–as the lifework of any fairly prolific poet?
Barry Schwabsky
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November 18, 2008
Sloveniafest
What is it about Slovene poetry that has attracted so many American poets?
Jordan Davis
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November 4, 2008
The Idiocrats
Why do Internet boosters continue to confuse social networking with art?
Alexander Provan
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October 21, 2008
Seeing Past the Ivy: Do Literary Mandarins Put Reading At Risk?
Why the commentariat’s response to hand-wringing about “the decline of reading” condescends to the large mass of nonspecialist readers.
William Deresiewicz
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October 7, 2008
Krapp’s Last Horse
With his new play Kicking a Dead Horse, Sam Shepard is still stranded in a prairie of tough-guy cliché.
Akiva Gottlieb
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September 23, 2008
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August 12, 2008
Music’s Measures
A jazz writer pays tribute to his longtime collaborator on The Penguin Guide to Jazz.
Brian Morton
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July 29, 2008
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July 14, 2008
Uncomplicated
Slavoj Žižek’s newest book may cause readers to conclude that the superstar philosopher has misplaced his marbles.
Daniel Miller