art

Trevor Paglen and the Art of Unknowing

With 'Cardinals' at Pace Gallery, Paglen embraces the anomalous.

Jul 29 •

George Porteous

All the Downtown Kids, Uptown

“s3xtechno” blurs the lines between dance, theater, and rave culture to rapturous effect.

Jul 9 •

George Porteous

The Restrained Grief of Thom Gunn and Elizabeth Bishop

A close reading of two poets' confrontation with loss.

Apr 29 •

George Porteous

"Barbara" (2012) Is A Disquieting Portrait of Surveillance in East Germany

Petzold’s account of East German history eschews simple condemnation or glamorization of the state, instead representing its complexity.

Aug 28, 2024 •

George Porteous

A Close Reading of James Baldwin In Two Parts

Practicing deep attention with “The White Man’s Guilt" and "Sonny's Blues."

Aug 28, 2024 •

George Porteous

The Allure of #BookTok

For all its flaws, publishers dismiss BookTok at their own peril.

Aug 28, 2024 •

George Porteous

Nietzsche, Suffering, and Hemingway

“Hills Like White Elephants” turns one couple’s pain into an engaging and beautiful literary puzzle for the reader to solve.

Aug 28, 2024 •

George Porteous

Reading Joan Didion in an Age of Delusion

To read a collection of the literary icon’s nonfiction is to witness American mass psychology laid bare.

Jan 1, 2022 •

George Porteous

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