Articles of Note

In the 1960s, some magazines were reliable redoubts of serious reporting and literary fiction: The New Yorker. Esquire. And Good Housekeeping... more »

New Books

When academics write about sex. Katherine Angel's memoir is emblematic of the problem: obsessive, puritanical, faux-profound, deeply narcissistic... more »

Essays & Opinions

The evolutionary origins of art. To believe in a biology of aesthetic experience ? that we are predisposed to particular images and rhyme schemes ? is tempting. But is it true?... more »