Umberto Eco JUNE 22, 1995 ISSUE In 1942, at the age of ten, I received the First Provincial Award of Ludi Juveniles…
CULTURE
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Caryl Phillips Sitting with him in St. Lucia, I once asked Derek Walcott if he missed New York City. He looked up…
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David Brion Davis DECEMBER 22, 1994 ISSUE The ghastly slave trade from Africa to the Atlantic sugar islands such as Madeira and…
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José Clemente Orozco: Zapatistas, circa 1932. Museum of Modern Art Anna Shapiro The Whitney’s show, “Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art,”…
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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, accompanied by an MPD sergeant, taking a knee as the remains of George Floyd are driven to…
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Bridgeman Images. Thomas Jones: The Bard, 1774 Tim Parks Different kinds of stories draw us into different worlds of feeling. That is…
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President Putin presenting his identification document to validate his vote in Russia’s constitutional amendment referendum that would permit him to remain president…
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Brendan SmialowskiAFP via Getty Images. President Donald Trump brandishing a bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., June 1,…
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Elizabeth Hardwick OCTOBER 18, 1973 ISSUE It is June. This is what I have decided to do with my life just now.…
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Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images. A message chalked on the road during a demonstration protesting the police shooting death of Philando…