Articles of Note

Consider the bathtub. "Baths are transformative or transportative, as though they might stroll away on their own claw-footed legs"... more »


New Books

Susan Sontag, envied by many, was without illusions about herself. She reviled her unattractive qualities. Not that she changed her ways... more »


Essays & Opinions

Walter Gropius was mocked by his first wife, scorned by art critics, and pushed out of Harvard — all before Tom Wolfe’s character assassination... more »