Category Archives: The Arts

The Dudes of YA, a “Lit-Erotic” Photo Spread

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Sean Beaudoin

Twelve alluring gentleman scribes somehow crammed into one sizzling photo-spread. An article that cannot possibly be read without taking a few ice breaks, let alone wishing your laptop had three staples and a centerfold. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Anderson, beaudoin, Berk, Emerson, hartzler, Lyga, Rex, Skovron, Yoo, Zadoff | 82 Comments

Gone Baby Gone—Or Maybe Not Entirely

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Janet Steen

Janet Steen wonders where words and pictures and other treasured things go when they disappear. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged bel air fire, dennis hopper, found art, Hurricane Sandy, isaac babel, lost art, sky pape | 1 Comment

Not Enough…

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

After the Hurricane, so much art has been lost among everything else. Jennifer Kabat looks at how other communities have responded to art and disasters — Katrina, Irene and AIDS. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Frieze, Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Sandy, Jerry Saltz, Luc Tuymans, Marlene McCarty, Nancy Barton, prattsville | 63 Comments

The Pigeon on the Path of the Novel’s Two Paths and Zadie Smith’s “NW”

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

In which Jennifer Kabat takes on Zadie Smith’s Two Paths for the Novel and NW and engages in the fight between realism and the avant-garde. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Craig Taylor, Duchamp, Joseph O'Neill, Londoners, Netherland, NW, Remainder, Sam Byers, The New Museum Triennial, Tom McCarthy, Two Paths for the Novel, Zadie Smith | 29 Comments

Ode to “Ode to the West Wind”

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Greg Olear

Greg Olear sings the praises of one of his favorite poems, by the great Percy Byssche Shelley. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, John Donne, My Last Duchess, O Wind if WInter comes can Spring be far behind?, Ode to the West Wind, Percy Byssche Shelley, poems, poetry, Robert Browning | 2 Comments

Hobsbawm is History: Six Lessons from Eric the Great

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Greg Olear

Greg Olear on the late, great Eric Hobsbawm, who is to historians what Usain Bolt is to sprinters. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations, The Arts | Tagged Age of Capital, Age of Empire, Age of Revolution, Eric Hobsbawm | Leave a comment

Germany v. Greece: Holiday Reading

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Alex Clark

In which Alex Clark discovers that the meaning of “austerity measures” is trying to read The Magic Mountain while on holiday in a small town on the Aegean. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Alison Moore, Angela Merkel, Ben Macintyre, books, Colm Toibin, Greece, holiday, Ian McEwan, Jennifer Egan, Lidl, Michael Frayn, reading, the euro, Thomas Mann, travel guide, Will Self | Leave a comment