Articles of Note

What explains Agatha Christie’s durable appeal? She’s very good at murder, and at mixing orderly settings with deep malignity... more »

New Books

“Puns about German sausage are generally considered the worst.” A new philosophical study of comedy is not immune to punmanship... more »

Essays & Opinions

Should poetry be political? For the longest time, the answer was no. Then came 9/11, and a change in the artistic psyche... more »