Dispatch
On a low note
“Just imagine having such huge stars here in D.C.!” gushed an audience member ascending the elevator…
The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Poetry: Fifty Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, presented by Geoffrey Lehmann in conversation with Edwin…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “The greatest Cypriot show in Florida: Ringling Museum opens its first…
Present glory, and past
“To say it immediately, Nadine Sierra proved herself a great singer at the Metropolitan Opera last…
“Learning the wrong lesson,” by Lisa Schiffren
Scott Johnston’s recently published second novel, The Sandersons Fail Manhattan, is one of the…
“Learning the wrong lesson,” by Lisa Schiffren
Scott Johnston’s recently published second novel, The Sandersons Fail Manhattan, is one of the…
“An end to the rights revolution?,” by James Piereson
The Supreme Court heard arguments last week in an election case (Louisiana v. Callais) that will…
Mann versus man
“I can only imagine,” wrote Walter Benjamin to Gershom Scholem after reading The Magic Mountain,…
The Critic’s Notebook | The New Criterion
Nonfiction: Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, by Moudhy Al-Rashid…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Straight-line storytelling: how will the British Museum display the Bayeux…
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