Articles of Note

Russian avant-garde art has been a font of fakery for decades. Some artists, celebrated in the West, may never have existed  ... more »


New Books

Wikipedia, comprising more than 55 million articles, is enormously popular. Is it "the last bastion of shared reality"?  ... more »


Essays & Opinions

Plagued by anxiety attacks, Beckett turned to poetry, cardiology, psychoanalysis, and finally, obscure 17th-century Christian mysticism... more »