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Denis Johnson sees that New Age thinking is a response to something very American, very late-twentieth-century—namely the precariousness of identity.
This time that we’re getting a too-sweetened take on Hasidism, and maybe of Jewish Orthodoxy in all of its manifestations.
In his profound new book Age of Anger, historian Pankaj Mishra finds the key to Trump-worship.
An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Why do critics like the New Yorker‘s Peter Schjeldahl rush to absolve G.W. Bush?
An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Lope de Vega’s classic story of how the powerless stood up to authority — and won –deserves better treatment than clumsy caricature.
Matisse said his objects were his “working library,” sources to mine for formal qualities and their ability to evoke an emotional response.
An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Literary Homage: Denis Johnson, American Dostoevsky
Denis Johnson’s spiritual vision was dark and more than a little scary but also supremely generous.
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