Articles of Note

Everyone wants a glimpse of the post-Covid world, so the public square is thick with prophets. Ignore them... more »


New Books

The poetry of Paul Valéry seems the work of a man behind his times. But beneath the old-fashioned veneer is the shock of the modern... more »


Essays & Opinions

John Cage stroking bits of wire, Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven’s Ninth: The strangely addictive joy of classical YouTube... more »