Articles of Note

A war over wool. The dour “Staplers” took on “the Company of Merchant Adventurers.” The 14th-century battle — which played out in Chaucerian verse — offers lessons for Brexit... more »

New Books

Andrea Dworkin's frizzy hair, dumpy overalls, and uncompromising positions came to epitomize radical feminist hostility. Is her work less threatening today?... more »

Essays & Opinions

Tchaikovsky, futurist? Though deeply conservative in life and in art, he embraced avant-garde concepts in order to counter them... more »