That’s the question Michael Weingrad asks in the inaugural issue of The Jewish Review of Books. The article has taken heat from fans of the many Jewish fantasy authors . But most of them have missed the point. Weingrad isn’t asking whether Jews write fantasy or enjoy reading it. . . . . Continue Reading »
Imagine if art historians could determine the authenticity of a work by asking a painting whether it was real or fake? While paintings can’t answer directly, two new techniques for discovering forgeries act as “lie detectors” for works of art. The first, developed by a team of . . . . Continue Reading »
Micah makes an excellent point that a renewed emphasis on craft would benefit art. In a smilier vein, Jed Perl argues in The New Republic that museums should provide a renewed emphasis on excellence: A few months ago the National Endowment for the Arts released a rather bleak “Survey of Public . . . . Continue Reading »
Speaking of art and reproduction, having probably just read Guillaume Apollinaire’s The Cubist Painters or one of André Breton’s surrealist manifestos, eighteen-year-old German Helene Hegemann has written a book on “Berlin’s club scene” incorporating large . . . . Continue Reading »
A few months ago I listed four things to consider if you wanted to become an author. My post was rather pessimistic but it was downright sunny compared to this passage from a recent article by Jeffrey Tayler : Aspiring writers and journalists eager to quit their day jobs and freelance for a living . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a very weird Lenten practice which I’ve attempted to hold to over the last few years. I’m a reader. I’ve always read books. It is the thing I am most likely to do given more than a few minutes free time. Somehow a few years back at the start of Lent, a rhyme that brides use . . . . Continue Reading »
File under: Bringing Disgrace on Christ and His Church/Dumb Things Christians . . . . Continue Reading »
What would you guess is the most reproduced work of art in the world? A work of Islamic art? The Mona Lisa ? Monet’s Water Lillies (which can be found in the dorm room of every college-aged female in America)? The answer is likely to surprise you—unless you’re British It’s an . . . . Continue Reading »
My home state of Mississippi breeds storytellers like Washington DC breeds scoundrels. We lost a giant yesterday, Barry Hannah (1942 - 2010). I met him a few times, once when I lived next door to his son and Barry rang my door bell by mistake (our apartments were . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks to suicide tourism and the Debbie Purdy case, the office of the public prosecutor for England and Wales has published final guidelines telling would be suicide assisters when they are more or less likely to face prosecution. The document strongly denies that it is decriminalizing . . . . Continue Reading »
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