James McNeill Whistler: A Life for Art’s Sake
Daniel E. Sutherland’s biography of luminary American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) is not only the first in…
Interviews
The App Generation: Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World
No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth is deeply – some would say…
If Mayors Ruled the World
In the face of the most perilous challenges of our time – climate change, terrorism, poverty, and trafficking…
Introducing The Leonard Bernstein Letters
Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and versatile musician – a brilliant conductor who attained international super-star status, and…
Friendship: An Interview with Philosopher A. C. Grayling
A central bond, a cherished value, a unique relationship, a profound human need, a type of love. What…
Robert Calderisi: The Catholic Church & the Developing World
With 1.3 billion members, the Catholic Church is the world’s largest organization and perhaps its most controversial. The…
Rachel Adams on Raising Henry
Publishing this month, Rachel Adams‘s Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery gives a deeply moving and honest account of…
‘This diary must never be printed!’: Playwright August Strindberg and The Occult
The Swedish playwright August Strindberg was, amongst other things, a mercurial talent, artist, occultist, husband and father. He…
Novelist Arturo Fontaine talks to Megan McDowell
We are pleased to release an exciting interview between Arturo Fontaine and Megan McDowell, author and translator respectively…
Asymptote Journal interviews Can Xue: Author of ‘Five Spice Street’
Can Xue, meaning ‘dirty snow, leftover snow’, is the pseudonym of Deng Xiaohua, author of many novels and…
The First Modern Woman Artist: Paula Modersohn-Becker
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) was a groundbreaking painter whose often-overlooked place in modernism forces us to reconsider our understanding…
Strindberg, A Life – Sue Prideaux on the playwright’s relationships
The Swedish playwright August Strindberg was, amongst other things, a mercurial talent, artist, occultist, husband and father. He…
Investment in Blood: Ledwidge on the cost of war
Investment in Blood, the latest book by Frank Ledwidge, analyses the cost – both financial and human – of Britain’s…
An Animated World: Interview with Poet Arda Collins
Arda Collins is the 2008 winner of the annual ‘Yale Series of Younger Poets’ competition. Mesmerizing and electric,…
A Conversation with Pevsner editors Simon Bradley and Charles O’Brien
The Pevsner Architectural Guides were begun in 1951 by the architectural historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-83) with the aim…