Articles of Note

Trick photography is as old as photography itself. Behold the craze for decapitation and person-in-the-bottle photographs   ... more »

New Books

A tip from alchemists of yore: Tag your books with Greek graffiti for an impression of academic credibility and a hermetic mystique... more »

Essays & Opinions

She was born in Germany; he was born in Newark. Their differences were obvious. But Hannah Arendt and Philip Roth had common cause   ... more »