Entering Death, Davy Crockett Remembers a Row of Georgian Trees Entering Death, Davy Crockett Remembers a Row of Georgian Trees
Here someone to talk to would be nice said no one under all these peaches, red and ancient, until each falls the slowest fall the cardinal’s ever witnessed as it cuts through dewy…
Nov 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / William Brewer
Those Wondrous Powers Those Wondrous Powers
What Arrival offers is so valuable that you might almost choose to pretend that someone knew we were going to need this picture after Trump’s election.
Nov 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Criticism in the Twilight Criticism in the Twilight
What role can the critic play in today’s uncertain times?
Nov 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Dames
Responsible Hedonists Responsible Hedonists
Emily Witt’s new book, Future Sex, captures the ways in which free love and countercultural experiments are no longer as liberating as they once seemed.
Nov 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / J.C. Pan
10 Songs of Resistance 10 Songs of Resistance
Music can be both salve and inspiration easing collective pain and encouraging group resistance.
Nov 14, 2016 / Peter Rothberg
The Disillusionment of ‘Snowden’ The Disillusionment of ‘Snowden’
Oliver Stone has told the story of a man’s painful awakening from ignorance over and over again.
Nov 12, 2016 / Richard Beck
The Gods Never Left Us The Gods Never Left Us
The enchanted counterworld of the novelist Sjón.
Nov 11, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Charles Baxter
Puzzle No. 3415 Puzzle No. 3415
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Lowdown sign of fish split most of the way (4,4) 5 Lies back in his bifocals (4) 9 Kid turning over is still in b…
Nov 10, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Letters From the November 28, 2016, Issue Letters From the November 28, 2016, Issue
Blowing in the idiot wind… Necessary trouble... All we are saying is... The true silent majority?…
Nov 10, 2016 / Our Readers
Spotting Bigfoot at Lincoln Center Spotting Bigfoot at Lincoln Center
Toni Erdmann was no doubt the most talked-about picture in a strong New York Film Festival, but Neruda was the point of balance.
Nov 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans