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Does the New Translation of Virgil Sound Too Much Like Heaney?

June 28, 2016 by Brooke Clark

BROOKE CLARK reviews Seamus Heaney’s Aeneid Book VI

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June 28, 2016 /Brooke Clark
BROOKE CLARK, TRANSLATION, POETRY, VIRGIL, SEAMUS HEANEY
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I Reviewed 99 Recent Poetry Collections—Here’s What I Found

June 22, 2016 by Matthew Buckley Smith

MATTHEW BUCKLEY SMITH looks past the trees and maps a forest

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June 22, 2016 /Matthew Buckley Smith
POETRY, CRITICISM, MATTHEW BUCKLEY SMITH
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10 Reasons You Should Be Reading Martial

May 26, 2016 by Brooke Clark

BROOKE CLARK on Rome’s snarkiest satirist

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May 26, 2016 /Brooke Clark
Martial, Brooke Clark, Poetry
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They Will Not Look Away

May 19, 2016 by Jason Guriel

V. PENELOPE PELIZZON on Adam Kirsch's Emblems of the Passing World

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May 19, 2016 /Jason Guriel
August Sander, Adam Kirsch, photography, Penelope Pelizzon
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The Subversive Power of Letter Writing

May 12, 2016 by Jason Guriel

MICAH CONKLING on the epistolary reboot 

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May 12, 2016 /Jason Guriel
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Marilynne Robinson, epistolary novel, review, Between the World and Me
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The Boss in Cleveland

April 14, 2016 by Willie VerSteeg

WILLIE VERSTEEG is a skeptical spectator of a legend

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April 14, 2016 /Willie VerSteeg
Willie VerSteeg, Bruce Springsteen, concert, music, concert review
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Incendiary Intellect

April 12, 2016 by Patrick O'Reilly

PATRICK O'REILLY on how Mary Dalton’s interest in voice transcends Newfoundland—or Canada

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April 12, 2016 /Patrick O'Reilly
Patrick O'Reilly, Mary Dalton, Newfoundland, essays, review, vernacular
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How a Beloved Character Actor Became One of Our Finest Critics

April 07, 2016 by Jason Guriel

JASON GURIEL on Simon Callow and his new Orson Welles biography

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April 07, 2016 /Jason Guriel
CRITICISM, BIOGRAPHY, SIMON CALLOW, ORSON WELLES, JASON GURIEL
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Room of Dreams

March 22, 2016 by Alexandra Oliver

ALEXANDRA OLIVER on the poetry of Guy Maddin's films

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March 22, 2016 /Alexandra Oliver
Alexandra Oliver, Guy Maddin, The Oscars, film
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So Maybe You Missed Hail, Caesar!

March 15, 2016 by Jackie Hedeman

JACKIE HEDEMAN ranks Old Hollywood homage

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March 15, 2016 /Jackie Hedeman
Hail Caesar!, Singin' in the Rain, Jackie Hedeman, film
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Learning How to Die

March 10, 2016 by Damian Tarnopolsky

DAMIAN TARNOPOLSKY on Simon Critchley’s Memory Theatre

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March 10, 2016 /Damian Tarnopolsky
Memory Theatre, Simon Critchley, Damian Tarnopolsky
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Never an Intruder, Always a Guest

February 17, 2016 by Daniel Karasik

DANIEL KARASIK on the accidental politics of Mustard at Tarragon Theatre

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February 17, 2016 /Daniel Karasik
DANIEL KARASIK, DRAMA, KAT SANDLER, ASHLIE CORCORAN
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Being Bernstein

February 02, 2016 by Jason Guriel

CARL WATTS on Felix Bernstein's Burn Book

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February 02, 2016 /Jason Guriel
FELIX BERNSTEIN, CARL WATTS, CONCEPTUAL POETRY
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I Didn't Watch Making a Murderer, but I Love Dean Strang

January 20, 2016 by Jackie Hedeman

JACKIE HEDEMAN considers the not-so-guilty pleasures of Dean Strang's book of true crime

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January 20, 2016 /Jackie Hedeman
Making a Murderer, Dean Strang, JonBenet Ramsey, true crime, Jackie Hedeman
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The Franchise Awakens

January 06, 2016 by Brooke Clark

BROOKE CLARK on the latest instalment of Star Wars

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January 06, 2016 /Brooke Clark
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All the Difference

December 10, 2015 by Jason Guriel

MATTHEW BUCKLEY SMITH on David Orr's The Road Not Taken

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December 10, 2015 /Jason Guriel
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Overrated Writers #3: Various

December 09, 2015 by Stephen Burt

STEPHEN BURT ponders the meaning of "overrated"

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December 09, 2015 /Stephen Burt
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Franzen, amiright?

December 01, 2015 by Phoebe Maltz Bovy

PHOEBE MALTZ BOVY fails to be swept away by a Sweeping Novel

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December 01, 2015 /Phoebe Maltz Bovy
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Letter from Portland

November 25, 2015 by David Biespiel

DAVID BIESPIEL on the US presidential election and its candidates' slogans

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November 25, 2015 /David Biespiel
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Overrated Writers #2: Joan Didion

November 19, 2015 by Phoebe Maltz Bovy

PHOEBE MALTZ BOVY on the kale of writers.

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November 19, 2015 /Phoebe Maltz Bovy
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