Being Dickens
I never tire of its nine hundred pages, of reading it, teaching it, talking about it. “London. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting...
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Pianist
In The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953), Dr. Seuss’s only original screenplay, young Bart, living alone with his harassed mom, is compelled to endure piano...
The Act of Persuasion
1. It is unfair to begin an essay on Elizabeth Hardwick with an instance of her cruelty; she was one of the fairest literary critics of...
A Failure of Imagination
On May 10, 1981, François Mitterrand was elected president of France. It was the first time in the twenty-three-year history of the Fifth Republic that a...
Revisionary
I’ve decided to let my inner weather out.Even in the nerves flashing, some things are only shadow.What’s up with that?My muse bruises me.Some days I sit...
Framing Babyn Yar
What do moving pictures reveal and what can they remember? These are questions that Sergei Loznitsa’s new documentary, Babi Yar. Context, asks the viewer as well...
Stephen Colbert blasts CBS for hiring Trump aide Mick Mulvaney
Late Show host Stephen Colbert has weighed in on CBS’ much maligned decision to hire former Trump staffer Mick Mulvaney as a political analyst. Unsurprisingly, he...
March Madness 2022: Here’s how to watch, livestream Final Four
The March Madness 2022 Final Four kicks off with Villanova vs. Kansas, followed by storied rivals Duke and North Carolina’s face-off, at Caesars Superdome in New...
Tesla delivers record number of EVs in ‘exceptionally’ difficult quarter
Tesla reported Saturday that it delivered more than 305,000 electric vehicles in the first quarter, a record-breaking figure that was inline with analyst expectations even as...
How to Pick the Right Monitor for Your PC
If you’re like us, you spend a lot of time staring at your PC monitor — so, shouldn’t it be a good one? Join us as...
