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Rimbaud and Verlaine in Washington Square Park
“Godlike” is a poet’s novel, a dazzling Künstlerroman that touches on art, love, aging, and queerness, punctuated with verses by Hell (in…
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Celebrity
Ethan Hawke Learned This Vital Acting Lesson From Robin Williams in ‘Dead Poets Society’
Ethan Hawke's career spans over 35 years, working with some of the finest talents the filmmaking industry has to offer, from directors…
Culture
The Wild, Sad Life of John Cage’s First Lover
Why not New York? Personal factors may have been at work: in L.A., Cage’s parents could provide support. But L.A. was also coming into its…
Celebrity
Ethan Hawke Says He Was ‘Aware’ of the ‘Complexity’ of Robin Williams’ ‘Emotional Life’ During ‘Dead Poets Society’: ‘All That Power and Charisma Came at a Certain Cost’
Though Ethan Hawke was just a teenager during the filming of “Dead Poets Society,” he recognized that Robin Williams — who played…
Culture
Maira Kalman’s “Stéphane Mallarmé with Shawl”
The artist Maira Kalman has always had an idiosyncratic approach to defining elegance, having co-authored a book titled “(un)Fashion,” and…
Lifestyle
The Greek Restaurant and Cocktail Bar for Hollywood Stars and Poets
Athénée, a fine dining restaurant that turns into a cocktail bar by night in Athens, Greece, has become the destination for a glossy…
Culture
Lost and Found: A Newly Discovered Poem by Robert Frost
“Nothing New” was written in 1918, not long before “Dust of Snow,” which was first published in an English magazine, in 1920, under a…
Culture
Nikki Giovanni’s Legacy of Black Love
Nikki Giovanni died this week, at the age of eighty-one, as that rarest of things: a best-selling poet. Her work burst onto the scene in…