As a child, John Carrera was fascinated by the trove of yellowing pages of Webster’s Pictorial Dictionary he found beneath his grandfather’s chair. As...

In a 1945 essay, the French-Jewish author, philosopher, and journalist ALBERT CAMUS (1913-60) asked, “What is a man who revolts?” His answer: “First of...

Gregory Green’s Book Bomb #8 (1994). From the artist’s gallery’s website: Since the mid-1980’s Gregory Green has created performances and artworks exploring the evolution...

What do you do when you’re ROBERT MUSIL (1880-1942), when you’ve been nominated for a Nobel prize, when you live in abject poverty because...

Robot: Chicken, Orchid, Champagne — by Matt Rebholz *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for...

Writing in 1949, Philip Rahv divided American literature into volatile, rebellious “redskins” and puritan, effete “palefaces.” Although Rahv was dividing the lowbrow from the...

Classically chiseled male bodies in sumptuous black and white.

I lived in California for nearly ten years, and whenever I would take the interminable ride up or down The Five, I would stick...