Articles of Note

The New Yorker's Goreyesque rejection of Edward Gorey: “The people in your pictures are too strange and the ideas, we think, are not funny"... more »

New Books

The earliest limerick did not come from Limerick. It was in Latin and, far from being dirty, it was a call to prayer... more »

Essays & Opinions

Lévi-Strauss at his peak. He was featured in Playboy and Elle. Even the French soccer team was reorganized along his principles... more »