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The Very Elder Statesman
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Iris as Pupil
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Starving
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A State of Perpetual Unease
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Keeping House
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A Terrifying Delight
Following Robert Frost into the depths
By Mark Edmundson Thursday, June 27, 2024
Consummated in Exile
A new recording of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances conveys the breadth of the 20th-century composer’s life’s journey
By Joseph Horowitz Friday, June 14, 2024
Stereotypes and the City
What to make of HBO’s attempts to diversify an iconic show?
By Sharon Sochil Washington Thursday, April 25, 2024
Ripeness Is All
What may be the fate of classical music’s new superstars?
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The Very Elder Statesman
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By Mark N. Grant Friday, March 8, 2024
Iris as Pupil
Before this canonical English writer published novels, she was a student of French postwar philosophy
By Robert Zaretsky Friday, March 1, 2024
Starving
The feelings of yearning and loss, when faced with an empty nest, can manifest in striking ways
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A State of Perpetual Unease
Sartre’s essay on French anti-Semitism cast the problem in existential terms
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Keeping House
Clinging to the rituals of home—even when longing to let them go