Essays
… Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the early hours of April 26, 1986. A few days later, they were told they had to … and benches, and to find the company of toddlers and old ladies. The memorial used to have two sets of wings: an inner … than in other cities.” She looks out the balcony and points to her father’s old van, still used for picnic trips …
… D.Sc, M.A. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Two volumes. $12.00. Fifty-five years ago John … than of English kings; it gathered on to one canvas the medieval town, abbey, and university, the serf, the craftsman, … it was their mind, soul, and body, their dreams, their ideals, their greatness and littleness, their reaction to their …
… Best 200 Words I Read All Week. From fact to fiction, from comedic to tragic, we hope you find as much to admire in … heal the public sphere. Ed Lee, a San Francisco mayor who died in office this past December, liked to praise what he … and a growing sphere of private power and experience. Locals lament losing one sort of cosmopolitanism as they turn …
… that was so. Cohén is opening up a debate that exists in medieval religious history by recasting its main terms and the … and a French professor. Everyone intrigued by the finer points of gender studies, French studies, cultural studies, … a jilted groom and a missing bride; the action of Murdoch’s 26th novel involves the musings, lamentations, and …
… run-off. He had seen it in other years, had learned not to come before mid-April, no matter how much earlier spring … he carried those genes rather than his mother’s. She had died when she was 55 after an adulthood of heart problems. … floor were still shuttered and boarded up. But he did it also to reassure himself. Seth’s voice was so slow and eerie …
… Germaine Greer’s book, men are deliberately blacked out or come on the scene just long enough to take their raps in … and perhaps yielded interesting results. It should also be noted that not all artistic partnerships swallow … Kauffmann and Marie Louise Vigee-LeBrun, whose fortunes died with Marie Antoinette, just as the end of patronage …