Old Vagabond: Paul Gauguin at Tate Modern Old Vagabond: Paul Gauguin at Tate Modern
In his paintings and travels, Paul Gauguin sought a corner of himself that was still unknown.
Oct 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Chiefest Word The Chiefest Word
The most best, winter oyster, what rings along the nerve. Deepest seeking, heart-most root. Zinc and copper. Clawed foot. What streaks across the synapse, harnessed to a moment. Magnetic zero amplified. Every-any-thing wild, beast that beats or blurs or bothers. The newt’s eye, needle in a socket open wide uninking on the universe. A steady bleed. Ever most. Bestest bet. Cosmos.
Oct 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Catherine Wing
Love and Hardship: On Gary Shteyngart Love and Hardship: On Gary Shteyngart
Is Super Sad True Love Story the kind of novel Gary Shteyngart might previously have held in contempt?
Oct 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
Jay-Z Campaigns Again, But Without Obama Jay-Z Campaigns Again, But Without Obama
One of Obama's most famous fans reemerges for the midterms, but at a careful distance.
Oct 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Melber
Politico Reveals That All Non-Office-Holding Contenders for the Republican Presidential Nomination in 2012 Except Mitt Romney Are on the Fox News Payroll Politico Reveals That All Non-Office-Holding Contenders for the Republican Presidential Nomination in 2012 Except Mitt Romney Are on the Fox News Payroll
In Murdoch's pocket. And with pockets ajingle.
Oct 7, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Pleasures of the Tixte Pleasures of the Tixte
Has any book had a greater influence on the English language than the Bible?
Oct 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
The Antisocial Network The Antisocial Network
As Facebook continues to shape norms online and set the bar for aspiring start-ups, it is worth remembering the premise that it was built on.
Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Melber
Representative Women Representative Women
Christine Stansell's The Feminist Promise is a landmark book, yet is indifferent to the role of ideas in feminism's history.
Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum
Doing the Time: On Paul Chan Doing the Time: On Paul Chan
Waiting for Godot in New Orleans is a field guide to the life of an idea worked out in a community over eight months.
Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman
Traps Traps
David Fincher's The Social Network; Yael Hersonki's A Film Unfinished; Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today
Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans