Oct 042010
Arts & Letters Daily
ideas, criticism, debate
<strong>Disease in the time of Defoe</strong>. In 1722 he offered advice: Avoid excessive eating and drinking, and restore humoral balance
Disease in the time of Defoe. In 1722 he offered advice: Avoid excessive eating and drinking, and restore humoral balance
For <strong>Vivian Gornick</strong>, feminism was a new way of interpreting the world. Then, around 1980, she returned to literature
For Vivian Gornick, feminism was a new way of interpreting the world. Then, around 1980, she returned to literature
The tech gurus tell us that <strong>the future of higher ed</strong> is adaptive tutors, chatbots, AI, and virtual reality. They're wrong
The tech gurus tell us that the future of higher ed is adaptive tutors, chatbots, AI, and virtual reality. They're wrong
A museum is auctioning off a Jackson Pollock to raise money to <strong>diversify its collection</strong>. Laudable goal, bad plan
A museum is auctioning off a Jackson Pollock to raise money to diversify its collection. Laudable goal, bad plan
<strong>Was Beowulf a bro?</strong> A new, feminist version of the epic paints a fierce picture of masculine weakness
Was Beowulf a bro? A new, feminist version of the epic paints a fierce picture of masculine weakness
The tempo of life reaches a frenzy, and yet we feel stuck. One balm for our internet-accelerated age: <strong>read old books</strong>
The tempo of life reaches a frenzy, and yet we feel stuck. One balm for our internet-accelerated age: read old books
<strong>Stanley Crouch</strong>, the jazz critic whose outsize opinions were rendered in scalding, pugilistic prose, has died. He was 74
Stanley Crouch, the jazz critic whose outsize opinions were rendered in scalding, pugilistic prose, has died. He was 74
It’s been said that the correspondence of great artists and idealists is mostly about money. <strong>Van Gogh</strong> is no exception
It’s been said that the correspondence of great artists and idealists is mostly about money. Van Gogh is no exception
<strong>The internet is not what you think it is.</strong> For one thing, its intellectual roots go back to 19th-century conjecture on snail copulation
The internet is not what you think it is. For one thing, its intellectual roots go back to 19th-century conjecture on snail copulation
When Waltham was radical. How a suburb of Boston became an unlikely fount of <strong>new currents in leftism</strong>
When Waltham was radical. How a suburb of Boston became an unlikely fount of new currents in leftism
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