Gatekeeping for the Barbarians
by Justin LeeThe gates now exist to keep the barbarians in. Those who hope to recover the dignity of the city’s institutions must look beyond its walls for help. Continue Reading »
The gates now exist to keep the barbarians in. Those who hope to recover the dignity of the city’s institutions must look beyond its walls for help. Continue Reading »
The idiotic, self-devouring cultural dialectic of Ireland since independence has ensured that its own damaged iconographies have blocked access to certain elements of the past, and therefore stymied present artists. Continue Reading »
Last year marked the thirtieth anniversary of Dana Gioia’s Can Poetry Matter?, a follow-up to his famous 1991 article in The Atlantic. The article and book caused quite a stir. Gioia observed that poetry was no longer a part of intellectual life in America. It was not published in . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy reading, and all best wishes for the new year. Continue Reading »
We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable films and TV shows they watched this year. Continue Reading »
Abigail Favale joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory. Continue Reading »
The resurgent nationalisms of recent decades have been one response to the homogenizing impulses of globalization—but nation is not the solution to homelessness in Eugene Vodolazkin’s Brisbane. Continue Reading »
Seen today, Jazz on a Summer’s Day shimmers with its glimpses of a world in which people, for all their differences, shared so much. When was the last time so many people got together with such geniality and grace? Continue Reading »
Art gives us structure and clarity; it helps us make sense of the disorder of life. Will Arbery’s Corsicana is a weird play, but you will feel warmer for having seen it—and maybe a little wiser, too. Continue Reading »
Despite its flaws, Louise Penny’s latest novel is ultimately a book of fundamental human goodness. It encourages us to look at a child, as happens at a significant New Year’s Eve moment, and not see “Down syndrome,” but a person with a name—a person given for us to love. Continue Reading »