The Presence and Absence of Basquiat The Presence and Absence of Basquiat
You’d have to go back to Bloomsbury to find another set as insular, self-promoting, self-destructive, imitated, parodied, publicized, and at last mythologized as the crowd that hun…
May 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Remembering Philip Roth, 1933–2018 Remembering Philip Roth, 1933–2018
The late writer specialized in answering low blows with high spirits.
May 25, 2018 / Elizabeth Pochoda
Letters From the June 18-15, 2018, Issue Letters From the June 18-15, 2018, Issue
The devil in the details… Massing replies… The ACLU forsworn…
May 24, 2018 / Our Readers and Michael Massing
We Learned the Mountains by Heart We Learned the Mountains by Heart
We went to school we ate pink beef we drank lots of water we snorted ritalin our nostrils turned red we lifted weights we killed a mama moose we sold her teeth online we poked each…
May 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Jackson Holbert
Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp!
This metaphor for cleaning up DC Has now become a Trumpian refrain. The task is getting harder day by day, With Trump appointees clogging up the drain.
May 24, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3468 Puzzle No. 3468
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Composer’s pants: Sample of inseam is blue, unfortunately (4,8) 9 After onset of tragedy, regretful one is m…
May 24, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Standard of Pure Abstraction The Standard of Pure Abstraction
The painters Joe Overstreet and James Little subvert the demands of representation.
May 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Broadway’s Golden-Age Shows and #MeToo Broadway’s Golden-Age Shows and #MeToo
A certain critical consternation awaited the current productions of My Fair Lady and Carousel—and with good reason.
May 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
What Does It Take to Write a Novel About Prison? What Does It Take to Write a Novel About Prison?
An interview with Rachel Kushner about her new novel, The Mars Room.
May 23, 2018 / Jon Wiener