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The infinite’s jest

by William H. Gass,

Stanley Elkin imagines the life after life

Imitation of art

by Lance Esplund,

John Currin's sleight of hand

It Takes a Stadium

by Matthew Mills Stevenson,

Will it play in Pittsfield?

There Must I Begin to Be

by Wyatt Mason,

Guy Davenport’s heretical fictions

After nature

by Gary Greenberg,

The varieties of technological experience

I am, therefore I think

by Terry Eagleton,

The plight of the body in modern thought

Poet in the machine

by Arthur Krystal,

The inexhaustible Paul Val??©ry

And then he was gone

by Jed Perl,

The unfinished life of Weldon Kees

On evil

by William H. Gass,

The ragged core of a sweet apple

What was lost

by Denis Donoghue,

Can a biography of W.B. Yeats rely on historical fact alone?

Stands to reason

by Mark Lilla,

The liberal responsibility of Raymond Aron

Revisiting the icons

by Francine Prose,

The intimate photography of Diane Arbus

Sons and monsters

by Jonathan Dee,

John O'Hara gains a defender

The reawakening

by Joyce Hackett,

Kate Chopin and the wages of liberation

The media is the message

by Gene Lyons,

Notes on our decadent press

Sounds and sweet airs

by Daniel Anderson,

The Norton Anthology may be bigger, but is it any better?

A mind so fine

by Terry Eagleton,

The contradictions of V.S. Naipaul

Art will eat itself

by Mark Kingwell,

What distinguishes art from everything else?

Love in the time of hedonism

by Cristina Nehring,

Michel Houellebecq's new novel

The Critic as Artist

by Wyatt Mason,

James Wood???s first novel

Darkness visible

by Nicholas Fraser,

The intrigues of Alan Furst

The maximalist

by David Cozy,

Rediscovering Edward Whittemore's epic invention

The man who knew too much

by David Quammen,

Stephen Jay Gould's opus posthumous

Man of all qualities

by Barbara Probst Solomon,

The enigma of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli

Our essays, ourselves

by Cristina Nehring,

In defense of the Big Idea

Unknown master

by Francine Prose,

The fictions of Mavis Gallant

Estranged brothers

by Daniel Lazare,

Reconsidering Jewish history

Dismal beat

by Bill Wasik,

The march of personal-finance journalism

The thing poet

by John Updike,

On the life and rime of Karl Shapiro

Minting Franklin

by Matthew Mills Stevenson,

More lives of the quintessential American

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

The infinite’s jest

Imitation of art

It Takes a Stadium

There Must I Begin to Be

After nature

I am, therefore I think

Poet in the machine

And then he was gone

On evil

What was lost

Stands to reason

Revisiting the icons

Sons and monsters

The reawakening

The media is the message

Sounds and sweet airs

A mind so fine

Art will eat itself

Love in the time of hedonism

The Critic as Artist

Darkness visible

The maximalist

The man who knew too much

Man of all qualities

Our essays, ourselves

Unknown master

Estranged brothers

Dismal beat

The thing poet

Minting Franklin

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The infinite’s jest

Imitation of art

It Takes a Stadium

There Must I Begin to Be

After nature

I am, therefore I think

Poet in the machine

And then he was gone

On evil

What was lost

Stands to reason

Revisiting the icons

Sons and monsters

The reawakening

The media is the message

Sounds and sweet airs

A mind so fine

Art will eat itself

Love in the time of hedonism

The Critic as Artist

Darkness visible

The maximalist

The man who knew too much

Man of all qualities

Our essays, ourselves

Unknown master

Estranged brothers

Dismal beat

The thing poet

Minting Franklin

May 2004

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