Culture

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Updike Redux

John Updike's writing attempted to capture what is ineffably precious and intangible about life. What will be lost if the culture forgets him?
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Twice Blest

For Christopher Ricks, the critic is in the business of catching at felicities: those seeming accidents of language that end up being revelatory.
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The Return of a Classic

The question at the center of 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' is what generosity looks like—and whether one needs material possessions in order to be truly generous.
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Universally Mistaken

I’ll be binge-reading Jane Austen again this winter, in honor of her 250th birthday. Few novelists of any era offer as much perception, delight, and insight on every page.
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Skin Deep

Jenny Saville’s figurative paintings, with their larger-than-life depictions of human bodies, disturb our expectations.