Elvis Reenters the Building
Strict guidelines had been announced before the show: There could be no kisses on his cheek, no holding of his hand, no accepting of his garish, sweat-drenched scarves. In short:...
The Opportunists
Louis Menand’s big new book on art, literature, music, and thought from 1945 to 1965 instills the conviction that the 20th century is well and truly over. It seems like...
An oral history of the Dawson crying GIF and its outsized legacy
Zac Freeland/Vox An oral history of the Dawson crying GIF and its outsized legacy. You’ve seen the clip: James Van Der Beek dissolving into exquisitely artificial tears, his lustrous blond...
Ouroboros (or Uroboros)
Ouroboros (or Uroboros) Ancient Greek alchemical symbol of a serpent eating his tail. The mystical work The Chrysopoeia of Kleopatra has a drawing of the Serpent Ouroboros eating his tail,...