Articles of Note

What constitutes style for a literary critic? The oscillation between mastery and accident, artifice and character. Consider the work of Elizabeth Hardwick... more »


New Books

Mark Rothko, an underprivileged refugee, was scorned at school. He dropped out of Yale to seek “the dignity and excitement” of the arts... more »


Essays & Opinions

The future won’t be decided by all of humanity, united under the banner of liberalism. It will be haphazard, and just as purposeless as the past... more »