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Robert Polito on the Art of Iconoclastic Film Critic Manny Farber

Robert Polito on the Art of Iconoclastic Film Critic Manny Farber

“Much as his criticism resists paraphrase, Manny’s paintings after 1972 elude ready description.”

By Robert Polito | November 18, 2019

On the Humorous Surrealism <br>of Mimi Parent

On the Humorous Surrealism
of Mimi Parent

Penelope Rosemont Remembers Her Friend,
the "Aeronaut of Invisible Spaces"

By Penelope Rosemont | November 14, 2019

Broken Heart? Immanuel Kant is Here to Help

Broken Heart? Immanuel Kant is Here to Help

Sometimes, the Best Advice Comes From an Old Dead German

By Marie Robert | November 13, 2019

Inside the Artist Studio of Georges Braque

Inside the Artist Studio of Georges Braque

John Richardson on getting to know “the antithesis of Picasso—cool, meditative, at peace.”

By John Richardson | November 13, 2019

On the Build-Up to the Legendary Baldwin-Buckley Debates

On the Build-Up to the Legendary Baldwin-Buckley Debates

Bad Reviews, Disastrous Elections, and the Intellectual State of Play in 1964 New York

By Nicholas Buccola | November 12, 2019

Elizabeth Bishop in Key West, Island of Her Dreams

Elizabeth Bishop in Key West, Island of Her Dreams

On a 20th-Century Writers' Paradise

By Thomas Travisano | November 12, 2019

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On the Difficulty of Convincing Samuel Beckett of Just About Anything

By Deirdre Bair | November 11, 2019

The Wild, Impassioned World of Anaïs Nin's Diaries

By Kim Krizan | November 8, 2019

Hans Fallada, the Anti-Nazi Writer Who Reluctantly Served the Reich

By Geoff Wilkes | November 8, 2019

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Nonfiction Award

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Nonfiction Award

Mira Jacob, T Kira Madden, Jennine Capó Crucet, and More

By Reading Women | November 6, 2019

Nancy Pelosi on Looking to Eleanor Roosevelt for Hope

Nancy Pelosi on Looking to Eleanor Roosevelt for Hope

"We all could use Roosevelt’s wisdom, every day."

By Nancy Pelosi | November 5, 2019

On Reconfiguring the Modernist Flaneur and Writing in a<br> Post-Truth Age

On Reconfiguring the Modernist Flaneur and Writing in a
Post-Truth Age

Jana Prikryl and Joanna Kavenna in Conversation

By Joanna Kavenna | October 25, 2019

The Gloriously Understated Career of Elaine Stritch

The Gloriously Understated Career of Elaine Stritch

She Who Pulled No Punches, Ever

By Alexandra Jacobs | October 22, 2019

Alejandro Zambra on One of the Great Diarists of the 20th Century

Alejandro Zambra on One of the Great Diarists of the 20th Century

Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Descendant of Kafka and Borges, True Skeptic of the Novel

By Alejandro Zambra | October 22, 2019

The Trial of Harry Houdini

The Trial of Harry Houdini

When the Great Escape Artist Was Arrested in Germany for Fraud

By Joe Posnanski | October 22, 2019

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

Mars van Grunsven Visits Galapagos, Then and Now

By Mars van Grunsven | October 18, 2019

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