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The Roiling Mess: Mairead Small Staid on Italo Calvino, Anne Carson, and Love Stories

The Roiling Mess: Mairead Small Staid on Italo Calvino, Anne Carson, and Love Stories

“Want spins like a pendant at the end of a chain, now a noun, now a verb.”

By Mairead Small Staid | October 14, 2022

The Waning Years of Edward Hopper

The Waning Years of Edward Hopper

Richard Lacayo on How Aging Impacts an Artist’s Output and Oeuvre

By Richard Lacayo | October 13, 2022

The Trailblazing Illustrator and Mountaineer Who Explored the Wild North

The Trailblazing Illustrator and Mountaineer Who Explored the Wild North

Pamela Henson on Mary Vaux Walcott’s Wildflowers

By Pamela Henson | October 12, 2022

Arwen Donahue on the Doubts Left Behind By Sudden Death

Arwen Donahue on the Doubts Left Behind By Sudden Death

“Where does the line lie between mindfully preparing for death, and stepping off the sidewalk to meet it?”

By Arwen Donahue | October 12, 2022

9 Novels of Art and Seduction

9 Novels of Art and Seduction

Lauren Acampora on Books Filled with Infatuation and Obsession

By Lauren Acampora | October 6, 2022

New York City’s Best Bookstore Storefronts: An Illustrated (Incomplete) List

New York City’s Best Bookstore Storefronts: An Illustrated (Incomplete) List

From Corner Bookstore to Drama Book Shop and More

By David Dodge and Joel Holland | October 4, 2022

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What the Word “Beauty” Meant to Helen Frankenthaler

By Douglas Dreishpoon | October 3, 2022

Everything Dies Baby, That’s a Fact: On the Elusive Train Dreams of Claire Denis and Mike Brodie

By Drew Johnson | September 30, 2022

How an Architect’s Endless Pursuit of Artistic Perfection Drove Him To Despair

By Charlotte Van den Broeck | September 26, 2022

How Truman Capote and Andy Warhol's Complex Friendship Marked Them Both

How Truman Capote and Andy Warhol's Complex Friendship Marked Them Both

Blake Gopnik and Rob Roth on Adapting the Conversations of Two American Icons for the Stage

By Blake Gopnik and Rob Roth | September 21, 2022

How Iconic Movie Monster “The Pale Man” Was Created

How Iconic Movie Monster “The Pale Man” Was Created

Behind the Scenes of Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth

By David Martí | September 21, 2022

Malaka Gharib on a Summer in Egypt and Learning to Love Her Stepmother

Malaka Gharib on a Summer in Egypt and Learning to Love Her Stepmother

From her Graphic Memoir, It Won't Always Be Like This

By Malaka Gharib | September 21, 2022

Fury Made Visible: Call and Response for Civil Rights through Graphic Design

Fury Made Visible: Call and Response for Civil Rights through Graphic Design

Silas Munro on the Intentional Aesthetic of a Revolution

By Silas Munro | September 21, 2022

How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

Jess deCourcy Hinds on the Most Popular School Supply of All Time

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | September 19, 2022

Kate Beaton on Why Her Coming-Of-Age Memoir Isn't as

Kate Beaton on Why Her Coming-Of-Age Memoir Isn't as "Dismal" as Some Critics Have Suggested

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 19, 2022

Why is Writing About Art So Difficult?

Why is Writing About Art So Difficult?

Sara Woster on Finding the Words We Need

By Sara Woster | September 14, 2022

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