Articles of Note

After 18 books, Jenny Diski is 70,000 words into her cancer diary. She writes between swigs of morphine. It will be her last book... more »


New Books

Critics praise Room as a feminist novel (and now film) about motherhood. In fact, its message is “cynical and dangerous” ... more »


Essays & Opinions

Caviar, duck liver, exhibitions in Moscow, Paris, and Berlin, a woman named Lourdes. Oh, the life of Robert Hughes as art critic for Time... more »