Book Review: ‘Calamity Before Jane,’ by Noah Van Sciver
A new graphic novel both celebrates and demystifies the colorful frontier icon, while also correcting some of her taller tales.
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When you spend a long time looking at Diane Arbus photographs, you start to find her in unexpected places
"Until recently, I never would have said that I fear for the freedom of universities in the United States," says Randall Kennedy. "I fear for the freedom of the universities in the United States now"
The ratio of words written by Kafka to words written about Kafka is estimated to be about 1:10,000,000. Is there anything left to say?
Literature’s oddest couple? Norman Mailer and Lawrence Schiller produced one masterpiece and a litany of bad ideas... more
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Machado Will Publish a New Book
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Book Review: ‘Advance Britannia,’ by Alan Allport
What Great Art Saves When Nothing Else Lasts
Oliver Sacks, romantic science, and the facticity of narrative. Lawrence Weschler explains a 35-year friendship
Literature’s oddest couple? Norman Mailer and Lawrence Schiller produced a masterpiece and a litany of bad ideas... more
