December 2009
17 posts
Slide Show: Dominique Nabokov on Robert Frank's...
nybooks:
Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Frank’s The Americans, the exhibition “Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans” is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City through January 3, 2010. Dominique Nabokov—whose own photographs appear regularly in The New York Review—saw the exhibition both in New York and in Washington, where it originated at the National...
Literary deaths: "Lionel Johnson [1867-1902]... →
Euripides [480-406 B.C.] Greek Playwright - Mauled by a pack of wild dogs owned by Archelaus, the King of Macedonia.
Dante Alighieri [1256-1321] Italian Poet - Fell ill and died about an hour after completing The Divine Comedy.
Francis Villon [1431-1464?] French Poet - May have been attacked by a mob of bandits or hanged by authorities after a brief prison stay for murdering a priest....
SEXY PEOPLE →
Traumas e medos agora podem ser 'apagados' e... →
Nosso cérebro possui uma espécie de janela que permite que nossos medos e traumas sejam completamente varridos de nossa memória. Essa é a conclusão de um estudo americano, publicado no periódico científico Nature, que descobriu que agora é possível “abrir” nosso cérebro e remover para sempre nossas memórias mais dolorosas - quase da mesma maneira como é encenado no filme Brilho Eterno...
Faux Friendship - The Chronicle Review - The... →
“Families are gone, and friends are going the same way.” —In Treatment