Dispatch
“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors
Nonfiction: Miracula: Weird and Wonderful Stories of Ancient Greece and Rome, by Paul Chrystal…
“A woman of many colors,” by David Platzer
Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), who appears at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris down the hall from an…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Land of Dopes & Tories”Piers Brendon, Literary Review Arthur…
“Are Americans responsible for sickness & death in…
Are Americans responsible for sickness & death in Sudan? The answer to the titular question is…
“Season’s end in Palm Beach,” by Paul du Quenoy
Palm Beach slows down after Easter, with traffic notably easing up through the month of May as the…
“The gentleman’s bequest,” by Brett Erickson
There was a moment in American cultural history when a single individual’s sense of beauty became a…
The flying Dutchman | The New Criterion
Within a few seconds of entering “Willem de Kooning: Endless Painting” at Gagosian in New York’s…
“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors
Nonfiction: Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, by Laura Spinney (Bloomsbury): The peak of…
Sonya & Co.
In 2018, Mariss Jansons, the late, great Latvian, conducted The Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky’s…
Farmers’ fortunes
The rural–urban divide has been a persistent and compelling theme throughout human history, but in…
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