Articles of Note

“We’re slowly dying of hunger and nobody cares,” wrote Nabokov, in 1937. How was it possible, he wondered, that no one understood his desperation and statelessness?... more »

New Books

“The criterion for poetry is very romantic again, filled with the witnessing of personal pain and suffering,” says Marjorie Perloff. “It’s just not a great moment for poetry”... more »

Essays & Opinions

A hideous history of skin. In the 16th and 17th centuries, flaying caught the notice of Titian and Sir Thomas Browne, whose attentions went beyond morbid curiosity... more »