The Meaning of Coincidence
December 11, 2014
Jung’s concept of synchronicity was supposed to help us understand the world’s more wondrous events. Then Self-Help hijacked the idea to make it all about us.
Sixty Million and More: Toni Morrison’s Beloved
October 2, 2012
A writer explores how Baby Suggs and Beloved teach us what we don’t learn in school.
The Art of Rap
July 6, 2012
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap explores hip hop’s past but skims over important questions about its present.
Picasso and the “The Eternal Feminine”
March 28, 2012
In Madrid, Lucy McKeon reviews Picasso’s “eternal feminine” exhibit, which is grouped around paintings of women, yet presupposes a male perspective.