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The Electric Company

by Stanley Crouch,

How technology revived Ellington’s career

Love for Sale

by Francine Prose,

Appraising the relics of a relationship

Last Man Standing

by Joshua Cohen,

The acquisitive music of John Zorn

The critic as partisan

by Terry Eagleton,

William Hazlitt's radical imagination

Suburban ghetto

by Jonathan Dee,

John Cheever, misread and misunderstood

Unhappy together

by Evelyn Toynton,

The Wittgenstein family feud

School for scandal

by Laura Kipnis,

The larger meaning of the sordid little tale

Art is

by Benjamin Moser,

The audacity of still life

Unbeliever in the impossible

by Robyn Creswell,

The poetry of Mahmoud Darwish

Man of no nation

by Nicholas Fraser,

A Habsburg prince's bid for Ukraine

Go forth and falsify

by William H. Gass,

Katherine Anne Porter and the lies of art

John Leonard (1939-2008)

by Jennifer Szalai,

What Edith knew

by Elizabeth Lowry,

Freeing Wharton from the master's shadow

More Is More

by Francine Prose,

Roberto Bolaño’s magnum opus

Unknown bards

by John Jeremiah Sullivan,

The blues becomes transparent about itself

Godard the Obscure

by J. Hoberman,

What happened to the icon of ’68?

The long goodbye

by Arthur Krystal,

Notes on a never-ending decade

Congenial Disorder

by Denis Donoghue,

Why should we look for comfort in poetry?

Books and Circuses

by Francine Prose,

The politics of literary scapegoating

The master’s voice

by William H. Gass,

Henry James's curriculum vitae

Purist of the Self

by Joshua Cohen,

Did Mahler get the biographer he deserves?

A fine line

by Jed Perl,

Rodolphe T??¶pffer's squiggles and squibs

Feeling and form

by Zalmen Rosenfeld,

From Plato to Penrose, the music is the message

A mind of its own

by Gary Greenberg,

Resisting the tyranny of the brain

Irrational man

by Paul Reitter,

Gershom Scholem's decisive years

The fog of Abu Ghraib

by W.J.T. (W.J. Thomas) Mitchell,

Errol Morris and the "bad apples"

The other side of silence

by Evelyn Toynton,

W.G. Sebald's melancholy art

Dirty laundry

by Joanna Bourke,

The strange history of hygiene

Fear of Fallowing

by Steven Stoll,

The specter of a no-growth world

The vital center did not hold

by John Lukacs,

Arthur Schlesinger's diaries reveal a blindness to the changing political landscape

Reviews

Insight on the latest books, films, theater, and music.

The Electric Company

Love for Sale

Last Man Standing

The critic as partisan

Suburban ghetto

Unhappy together

School for scandal

Art is

Unbeliever in the impossible

Man of no nation

Go forth and falsify

John Leonard (1939-2008)

What Edith knew

More Is More

Unknown bards

Godard the Obscure

The long goodbye

Congenial Disorder

Books and Circuses

The master’s voice

Purist of the Self

A fine line

Feeling and form

A mind of its own

Irrational man

The fog of Abu Ghraib

The other side of silence

Dirty laundry

Fear of Fallowing

The vital center did not hold

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The Electric Company

Love for Sale

Last Man Standing

The critic as partisan

Suburban ghetto

Unhappy together

School for scandal

Art is

Unbeliever in the impossible

Man of no nation

Go forth and falsify

John Leonard (1939-2008)

What Edith knew

More Is More

Unknown bards

Godard the Obscure

The long goodbye

Congenial Disorder

Books and Circuses

The master’s voice

Purist of the Self

A fine line

Feeling and form

A mind of its own

Irrational man

The fog of Abu Ghraib

The other side of silence

Dirty laundry

Fear of Fallowing

The vital center did not hold

June 2009

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