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Sarah: Colin Gordon, “The Legacy of Taft-Hartley,” (Jacobin) Bella Li, “December in Poetry,” (overland) Patricia Lockwood, “It Was Gold,” (LRB) Eric: Christine Buci-Glucksmann, “May ’68 and the Crisis of Marxism (1978)” (Viewpoint). John Ganz, “The Forgotten Man: On Murray… Continue Reading →
by Contributing Writer Nicholas Ferns Throughout 1972, a series of seminars were held at Monash University in Melbourne to examine “Indonesian society and politics” under the Suharto regime. Organized by the Monash University Association of Students, these seminars resulted in… Continue Reading →
By Contributing Writer Craig Johnson Alberto Ignacio Ezcurra Uriburu, the leader of Argentina’s first modern terrorist organization, was a frail, dark-haired, long-faced seminary dropout rarely seen without his thick black glasses. Right-wing power and ideology ran in his family. His… Continue Reading →
Captivée by Lesrel Adolphe Alexandre. Derek Emily Badger, “What Happened to the American Boomtown?” (New York Times) Michael J. Lewis, “Cedar Grove, restored” (New Criterion) Jeanine Michna-Bales, “The Long Road to Freedom” (Oxford American) Gordon Wood (podcast interview), “The World… Continue Reading →
by Contributing Writer Sarah Scullin THE ART OF THE WORD Between the period of Biblical/Babylonian acrostics and those of the Christian era, the Greeks and, later, the Romans, used acrostics in their literature in ways that were as difficult to… Continue Reading →
By Simon Brown In November 1647, the dispossessed cleric Thomas Harrison wrote yet another petition to the Parliamentary Committee for Plundered Ministers, imploring them this time to use his innovative note-taking system for ordering all their records taken “since these… Continue Reading →
At a Book (oil on canvas), Bashkirtseva, Maria Konstantinova (1860-84) / Kharkov Art Museum, Kharkov, Russia / Bridgeman Images Yitzchak: Alex Shephard, “The politics of the Middle East peace process is shifting in favor of Israel” (The New Republic) Ted… Continue Reading →
By Contributing Writer Sarah Scullin Acrostics—the name given to secret words spelled out in the first lines or paragraphs of a text—are experiencing a bit of a renaissance thanks to two high-profile letters that used this hidden coding to protest… Continue Reading →
By guest contributor Audrey Borowski At the beginning of the nineteenth century, a young German polymath ventured into the heart of the South American jungle, climbed the Chimborazo volcano, crawled through the Andes, conducted experiments on animal electricity, and delineated… Continue Reading →
Spencer: Gordon Campbell, “Making God Speak English” (Marginalia) John Farrell, “Paradoxes of Incarnation” (LARB) Joan MacDonald, “‘Like Diamonds or Fine Wine‘” (LARB) Robert Cottrell, “Russia’s Gay Demons” (NYRB) Ingrid D. Rowland, “Norwegian Woods” (NYRB) Derek: Thomas S. Kidd, “Roy… Continue Reading →
