NYRB is publishing a new translation of Elsa Morante’s Lies and Sorcery by Jenny McPhee.
Category: Art
Do Nothing and Let Them Laugh — James Ensor
Do Nothing and Let Them Laugh, 1939 by James Ensor (1860-1949)
Correspondence – Erik Thor Sandberg
Correspondence, 2021 by Erik Thor Sandberg (b. 1975)
Stairway — Edward Hopper
Stairway, 1949 by Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
Labor — Will Barnet
Labor, 1935 by Will Barnet (1911-2012)
Milking Practice with Artificial Udder — Evelyn Dunbar
Milking Practice with Artificial Udders, 1940 by Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960)
While the World Is Burning — Willehad Eilers
While the World Is Burning, 2022 by Willehad Eilers (b. 1981)
Untitled (The Island of Doctor Moreau) — Charles Burns
Charles Burns’ illustration for a Jan. 2000 Esquire article by Jeff Gordinier titled “The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen.”
Hurricane — Alphonse Legros
Hurricane by Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
Untitled (Secret’s Safe) — Raymond Pettibon
Untitled, 2003 by Raymond Pettibon (b. 1957)
Illustration for Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses — Marshall Arisman
An illustration by Marshall Arisman (1937-1922) that accompanied a March 1992 excerpt of Cormac McCarthy’s novel All the Pretty Horses that appeared in Esquire.
Coat Check Girl — Nigel Van Wieck
Coat Check Girl by Nigel Van Wieck (b. 1947)
Ukuphicotha Kwento Xa Ingaziwa — Cinga Samson
Ukuphicotha Kwento Xa Ingaziwa, 2023 by Cinga Samson (b. 1986)
Country Church — Robin Ironside
Country Church, 1951 by Robin Ironside (1912-1965)
HELP! A Stereophonic Narrative for Authorial Voice — John Barth
May God Deliver Us from the Venom of the Cobra, Teeth of the Tiger, and Cinema of the Americans — Jean-Pierre Roy
May God Deliver Us from the Venom of the Cobra, Teeth of the Tiger, and Cinema of the Americans, 2023 by Jean-Pierre Roy (b. 1974)
Self-Portrait with Land Skirt — Julie Heffernan
Self-Portrait with Land Skirt, 2022 by Julie Heffernan (b. 1956)
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