archive

That most versatile of four-letter words

A new issue of Open Letters Monthly is out. The young generation: An article on Burroughs and Kerouac and an unpublished collaboration. A review of Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A life by Gerald Martin. Jean-Marie Le Clezio has won the Nobel Prize, but not the unanimous support of his fellow writers. With her new memoir, literary co-hoaxer Savannah Knoop steps out of JT LeRoy's shadow — but can she step out of Laura Albert's? From New York, a special issue on living cheap. A profile of economist Nouriel Roubini: "I fear the worst is yet to come". An article on Prince Charles at 60: A lifetime as heir apparent. Must it always be about sex? The Supreme Court will soon have to consider the meaning of that most versatile of four-letter words. Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? Move over, my pretty, ugly is here. The original Bond girls were sex objects to be looked at, lusted over, and discarded — but are 007’s women finally getting the respect they deserve? The nimble tread of the feet of Fred: A review of Fred Astaire by Joseph Epstein (and an excerpt). The world’s first temple? Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization. A continuing abomination: A landmark ruling provides hope for thousands of slaves in West Africa.