The Summer Leaves The Summer Leaves
nothing unscathed. Desires, once tender stalks, grow brittle; the first and clear-eyed dew that clung thereto expires. The summer leaves—the trees’ dense growth—that, dying little by little, turn red, brown, go down and down and these still leaves long winds will shake and put me on my mettle— here, rusted as dead blood, there, bright, my good— both make the most of light. And then, as, torn, the leaves resettle, and the heart, ravaged, grieves, the summer leaves again.
Oct 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Catherine Breese Davis
Vanishing Act Vanishing Act
You’ve probably never heard of Martin J. Sklar. But you should have.
Oct 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / James Livingston
Acts of Treason Acts of Treason
For Rian Malan, seeking atonement doesn’t necessarily mean one will attain it.
Oct 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / André Naffis-Sahely
Uncontained City Uncontained City
The Third World collides with the First in Atticus Lish’s Preparation for the Next Life.
Oct 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Madison Smartt Bell
In Our Orbit: Pleasures and Predicaments In Our Orbit: Pleasures and Predicaments
In the poems of Peter Gizzi, the powers of tradition meet and mingle.
Oct 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard
Transcend and Organize Transcend and Organize
Pier Paolo Pasolini was a force against the incoherence hiding in every hypocrisy.
Oct 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Susan Stewart
Gathering Fates Gathering Fates
For the German novelist Walter Kempowski, there was no single unifying experience of World War II.
Oct 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Lipkin
American Minotaur American Minotaur
The flesh-eating creature of Gone Girl is a rampaging composite of dollar signs.
Oct 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Shelf Life Shelf Life
How did “one person, one vote” become the rule for statehouses across the country?
Oct 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
A Theater Without Qualities A Theater Without Qualities
Immersive theater has no real style—except to fetishize its look.
Sep 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Ricky D’Ambrose