Arts & Letters
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Romantic Religion
The Quest of the Absolute: Birth and Decline of European Romanticism by louis dupré notre dame, 400…
Bob Dylan’s Mormon Influences
Bob Dylan has a lot in common with Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet. Don’t take my word…
Bob Dylan Must Get Stoned
Journalists have always been puzzled by Bob Dylan, but the confusion is of their own making. The…
The Plastic Eater
Back to the hospital again,on the meals list, on the drip,in for yet another stayover an artificial…
Ulterior Lives
Darling: A Spiritual Autobiographyby richard rodriguezviking, 256 pages, $26.95 Richard Rodriguez has been an occasional companion of…
Ruins
Pill bottles in assorted sizes liescattered across the smooth Formica plainof the bathroom countertop. They testifylike pediments…
Taking Art Off the Street
Street art—you mean vandalism? No, thank you.” That was the response of a friend when I invited…
Saving Rock and Roll
Rock and roll has a rebellious sound. I write that hesitantly, because there is really no such…
Progressive Rock Redeemed
On February 9, I had the pleasure of finally seeing one of my favorite bands for the…
The Joyless House of Cards
The second season of Netflix’s House of Cards introduces a new aide for Vice President Frank Underwood, who seems…
1945
Here is my dad in Manila. He is twenty-three years old. He is a master sergeant. His…
Apres moi, le Deluge
You needn’t be born a Bourbon To dream your funereal deluge, Some climactic climatic disturbance To rain…
On Taddeo di Bartolo’s “Triptych of the Madonna and Child”
“Triptych of the Madonna and Child with Angel Musicians, St. John the Baptist, and St. Jerome”(1400, in…
Democracy’s Revenge
A Short History of the Twentieth Century by john lucacs harvard, 240 pages, $24.95 n In the…
Forced Exit
Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalization? by kevin yuill ?palgrave macmillan, 208 pages, $85 n…
