It’s Rimbaud in a Speedo, Talese in a onepiece. On Tuesday night the hottest spot in town was a sauna, as the darlings of the literary scene gave midnight readings at the Wall Street Bath on the ...

The great age of Weimar classicism had begun. See with a feeling eye, feel with a seeing hand. Following his return to Weimar, two primal events took place: the French Revolution and his encounter ...

When neo-classicism comes in, revolution is often close behind. (Karl Marx wrote an essay on the classical antecedents of the French Revolution.) Cromwell made a new assault on images. Strong, ...

We go to Le Central like Catholics go to confession -- as a way to clear the head and save the soul after a week spent doing wrong. For serious fans of French food, Le Central is a required stop ...

Tuna nicoise; grilled Andouille sausage with charred peppers, olives, almonds and pumpkin seeds; a cheese plate with poached pears and lavender honey; mushroom tarts in cognac sauce. These are ...

"I had the opportunity to express my opinion in a short and concise manner on this writer (Ndre Mjeda – AP), who seems to me the greatest classical poet of the Albanian nation to date..." (Fulvio ...