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Kael, Tynan, Sontag: Once, critics were as magnetic as artists. But the golden age looks golden only in hindsight
about 15 hours ago
Kael, Tynan, Sontag: Once, critics were as magnetic as artists. But the...
America's foundational literary genre wasn't the novel or the sermon. It was the captivity narrative
about 15 hours ago
America's foundational literary genre wasn't the novel or the sermon. It was...
David Thomson spent 60 years celebrating cinema. Now he thinks movies may have ruined us
about 15 hours ago
David Thomson spent 60 years celebrating cinema. Now he thinks movies may...
The Renaissance didn't begin in Florence. It began six thousand years ago in the Middle East. So argues a new book
1 day ago
The Renaissance didn't begin in Florence. It began six thousand years ago...
Why are humanists so bad at defending the humanities? There is a more persuasive case, and it’s been ignored
1 day ago
Why are humanists so bad at defending the humanities? There is a...
Paul Klee painted it. Walter Benjamin coveted it. And Morgan Meis spent a lifetime obsessing over it
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Paul Klee painted it. Walter Benjamin coveted it. And Morgan Meis spent...
Utopian fiction is implicitly anti-utopian; things regularly go awry in an ideal society
2 days ago
Utopian fiction is implicitly anti-utopian; things regularly go awry in an ideal...
The Odyssey has survived three millennia. Can it survive a $250 million movie adaptation?
2 days ago
The Odyssey has survived three millennia. Can it survive a $250 million...
Astrophysicists have always built tools to see farther. The new tools may make the humans unnecessary
2 days ago
Astrophysicists have always built tools to see farther. The new tools may...
Darwin spent only five weeks in the Galápagos. He ate tortoise, rode tortoise, and drank tortoise urine
4 days ago
Darwin spent only five weeks in the Galápagos. He ate tortoise, rode...
Karl Popper is sometimes credited with coining "conspiracy theory." He didn't. The phrase is older and stranger
4 days ago
Karl Popper is sometimes credited with coining "conspiracy theory." He didn't. The...
Oscar Wilde said there is only good art and bad art — the artist's morality is beside the point. But it's not that simple
4 days ago
Oscar Wilde said there is only good art and bad art —...