For rationalists, nothing should interfere with apprehending the world as it is. So why are they turning to religion, ritual, and all things woo?... more »
For more than 20 years, J.C. presided over the back page of the TLS with wit, weirdness, and waspish provocation... more »
Sontag on women. Their oppression, she came to believe, presents a problem that is aesthetic and narrative problem as well as political and economic.... more »