The Power of Touch in High Art
Does the very idea that a painting or sculpture has come into direct contact with the public, the viewer’s flesh, make it worth less money?
Does the very idea that a painting or sculpture has come into direct contact with the public, the viewer’s flesh, make it worth less money?
I feel I’ve been appointed with the precious task of keeping our history accurate for both of us
I experienced my college essay course not only as a threat to my personal style, but also as a threat to what writing—and writing education—could be
A specialist in declaring friends’ parents incompetent, trusted lawyer of many, she herself was about to be declared incompetent
Who is this mechanical maid everyone wants to conjure into existence? What is this job we’re so desperate to give her?
He's begun to fantasize that our son will wipe my in-laws off the planet
If returning to America was like getting on a lifeboat, why did I feel like I was drowning?
If there had once been a rope connecting me to him, at this point in my life it had dwindled down to a thread
I thought I knew the point at which my youth would transform into something else
My girlfriend saw me entering my 20s without a care in the world; at my age she was watching her friends die
The third installment of Nelly Reifler’s three-part essay about marriage, murder, 9/11, and how she said goodbye to Elliott Smith
The second installment of Nelly Reifler’s three-part essay about marriage, murder, 9/11, and how she said goodbye to Elliott Smith