Articles of Note

The Nabokovs were "Zelig-like figures of twentieth-century catastrophe." They were wanderers, by necessity and maybe inclination. Memory was what rooted them ... more »

New Books

Benedict Anderson was a man of the left. He dressed in the style of Indonesian peasants. But he was nostalgic for classical education's broadness and lack of professional utility... more »

Essays & Opinions

We are only now coming to terms with what happens to the idea of art when images can be endlessly circulated, reproduced, and manipulated... more »