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

How Donald Trump's Narcissism Masks His Extreme Insecurity

How Donald Trump's Narcissism Masks His Extreme Insecurity

Jerrold Post and Stephanie Doucette on the President's Unprecedented Lack of Intellectual Curiosity

By Jerrold Post | November 18, 2019

Adriano Olivetti, Industrialist, Typewriter King... Antifascist?

Adriano Olivetti, Industrialist, Typewriter King... Antifascist?

On Espionage and Resistance in World War II Italy

By Meryle Secrest | November 18, 2019

On Dennis Cooper's Elegant Jump to Film

On Dennis Cooper's Elegant Jump to Film

Jeff Jackson Considers the Cult Writer's
Latest Film Permanent Green Light

By Jeff Jackson | November 18, 2019

On Finding Archipelagos of Beauty in the Eternal City

On Finding Archipelagos of Beauty in the Eternal City

Marco Lodoli's Vagabond Impressions of Rome

By Marco Lodoli | November 18, 2019

Terry Tempest Williams on William Merwin and Becoming an Environmental Activist

Terry Tempest Williams on William Merwin and Becoming an Environmental Activist

In Conversation with Will Schwalbe on But That's Another Story

By But That's Another Story | November 18, 2019

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Remembering Russell Chatham, landscape painter and writer.

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Sebastian Junger, David Chang, Matt Bell & more: the week in book deals.

Sebastian Junger, David Chang, Matt Bell & more: the week in book deals.

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Between Pastureland and Progress: <br>On the Many Lives of an American City

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Sarah Wagner Tells a Tale of Lexington, Kentucky

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Holding the Line Between Democracy and Tyranny: Anonymous Sources

Holding the Line Between Democracy and Tyranny: Anonymous Sources

John Freeman on the Power of the Whistleblower

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The Magazine Explaining America to the French

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On François Busnel's Mission to Chronicle the Trump Era

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The Sad, Grotesque Life of “Baboon Lady” Julia Pastrana

The Sad, Grotesque Life of “Baboon Lady” Julia Pastrana

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In Order to Write, I Had to Break a Family Curse

In Order to Write, I Had to Break a Family Curse

Amanda Yates Garcia on Witchcraft and Writer's Block

By Amanda Yates Garcia | November 15, 2019

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