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American Electric (4 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
Bolt of Fate, by Tom Tucker
- Bolt of Fate by Tom Tucker
- Benjamin Franklin by Edmund S. Morgan and Benjamin Franklin
- The First American by H.W. Brands
- Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson

Americans in Paris (2004)Adam Gopnik
A Literary Anthology
3 Reviews

Angels and Ages (2009)Adam Gopnik
A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life
1 Review

Annals of AgricultureAdam Gopnik
New York Local

Annals of BiographyAdam Gopnik
Angels and Ages

Annals of PsychoanalysisAdam Gopnik
Man Goes to See a Doctor




















The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
Madison Avenue Primitive

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The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
Titian in Paris, the Venice Biennale

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The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
Jasper Johns' Dilemma

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The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
The Museum for African Art, the Whitney Biennial

The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
Richard Diebenkorn

The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
The Whitney's "Black Male"

The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
Eakins in the Wilderness

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The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
Willem de Kooning

The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
"Origins of Impressionism"

The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
Bruce Nauman

The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
The Venice Biennale

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The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
Jackson Pollock in perspective

The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
Sargent's Pearls

The Art WorldAdam Gopnik
Mary Cassatt's baby love


The Art World: The Death of an AudienceAdam Gopnik
While the Guggenheim celebrates its new temple of modernism, the professional are paint...

The Art World: The UnnaturalAdam Gopnik
Coming to terms with Matisse

The Art World: Whistler in the DarkAdam Gopnik
Whistler may have been the only American who was capable of teaching Oscar Wilde a thin...

Arts and LettersAdam Gopnik
Freeing the Elephants

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Blows Against the Empire (Review) Adam Gopnik
Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s, by Jonathan Lethem and Philip K. Dick
- Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s by Jonathan Lethem and Philip K. Dick


Books
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Travelling (4 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
Chasing the Monsoon, by Alexander Frater
- Chasing the Monsoon by Alexander Frater
- Cathay: A Journey in Search of Old China by Fergus M. Bordewich
- Haunted Journeys by Dennis Porter
- The Mind of the Traveler by Eric J. Leed

Books
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Monkey and Buzzard (2 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
Unforgettable, by Leslie Gourse
- Unforgettable by Leslie Gourse
- Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness by J. Randy Taraborrelli

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Books: America's Coach (Review) Adam Gopnik
When Pride Still Mattered, by David Maraniss
- When Pride Still Mattered by David Maraniss

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Books: Carry That Weight (2 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
A Day in the Life, by Mark Hertsgaard
- A Day in the Life by Mark Hertsgaard
- Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald

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Books: Johnson's Boswell (Review) Adam Gopnik
A Life of James Boswell, by Peter Martin
- A Life of James Boswell by Peter Martin

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Books: The First Comedian (Review) Adam Gopnik
Moliere: A Theatrical Life, by Virginia Scott
- Moliere: A Theatrical Life by Virginia Scott

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Books: The Man in the Middle (Review) Adam Gopnik
A Life at the Center, by Roy Jenkins
- A Life at the Center by Roy Jenkins

Features
Canada v. U.S.Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell
A Health-Care Debate


CommentAdam Gopnik
C'est la Lie

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Streetwise

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The Myth of Summer


Comment: What It All MeansAdam Gopnik
Fashion ain't metaphysics, but it's fun


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The Contrarian Comic (Review) Adam Gopnik
Man on the Flying Trapeze, by Simon Louvish
- Man on the Flying Trapeze by Simon Louvish

The Reading Room
Cooked BooksAdam Gopnik


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A Critic at Large (Review) Adam Gopnik
Lewis Carroll: A Biography, by Morton N. Cohen
- Lewis Carroll: A Biography by Morton N. Cohen

A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik
The Man Who Invented Santa Claus

A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik
The Good Soldier

A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik
The Invention of Oscar Wilde


A Critic at LargeAdam Gopnik
American Studies

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A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik
What Steinberg Saw



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A Critic At Large (Review) Adam Gopnik
Underworld
- The Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury


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A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik
The Unreal Thing

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A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik

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A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik

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A Critic At Large (Review) Adam Gopnik
Will Power
- Will in the World by Stephen Greenblatt

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A Critic At Large (Review) Adam Gopnik
Metropolitan
- William Dean Howells: A Writer's Life by Susan Goodman and Carl Dawson

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A Critic At Large (Review) Adam Gopnik
Prisoner of Narnia
- The Narnian by Alan Jacobs

A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik
Homer's Wars

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A Critic At Large (Review) Adam Gopnik
Shining Tree of Life
- The Shaker World: Art, Life, Belief by John T. Kirk

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A Critic At Large (2 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
Disraeli, by Christopher Hibbert
- Disraeli by Christopher Hibbert
- Politics of Pleasure by William Kuhn

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A Critic At Large (2 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
The Terror, by David Andress
- The Terror by David Andress
- Fatal Purity by Ruth Scurr


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A Critic At Large (2 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
Man of Fetters
- Samuel Johnson: A Biography by Peter Martin
- Samuel Johnson: The Struggle by Jeffrey Meyers

A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik
The Back of the World

A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik
Right Again

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A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik
Reading into recipes

A Critic At LargeAdam Gopnik
Van Gogh's Ear

A Critic at Large: A Man Without a PlanAdam Gopnik
the political thinker Michael Oakeshott despised political thought


A Critic at Large: Escaping PicassoAdam Gopnik
The modernist genius who never was


A Critic at Large: Grim Fairy TalesAdam Gopnik
A look at this year's books for children

A Critic at Large: Read All About ItAdam Gopnik
Who is to blame for the media's current crisis? An investigation of recent books reveal...

A Critic at Large: The Great DeflaterAdam Gopnik
Born a hundred years ago, James Thurber gave humor a modern voice

A Critic at Large: The OutsiderAdam Gopnik
A reevaluation of Woody Allen's comic opus as a writer, filmmaker, and monologuist show...

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Dining Out (6 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
The Perfectionist, by Rudolph Chelminski
- The Perfectionist by Rudolph Chelminski
- Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
- Turning the Tables by Steven A. Shaw
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America by Andrew F. Smith
- Alain Ducasse's Culinary Encyclopedia by Alain Ducasse
- Taste: A Literary History by Denise Gigante

Fiction: "The Children of the Party"Adam Gopnik
The city's most celebrated artists and collectors have gathered together again, but doe...

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The First Liberal (2 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
Gladstone, by Roy Jenkins
- Gladstone by Roy Jenkins
- The Two Mr. Gladstones by Travis L. Crosby

From Paris to the Moon (2000)Adam Gopnik
4 Reviews, 1 Readable

At the GalleriesAdam Gopnik and Richard Avedon
Alberto Giacometti

At the GalleriesEver Meulen and Adam Gopnik

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The Genius of George Herriman (Review) Adam Gopnik
Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman, by Patrick McDonnell, Karen O'Connell, and...
- Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman by Patrick McDonnell, Karen O'Connell, and Georgia Riley de Havenon, ...

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The Get-Ready ManAdam Gopnik
E.M. Cioran

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Gypsy (Review) Adam Gopnik
Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend, by Michael Dregni
- Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend by Michael Dregni

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The Habit of Democracy (Review) Adam Gopnik
Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville and Harvey C. Mansfield, ...
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville and Harvey C. Mansfield, ...

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Jesus Laughed (2 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
The Gospel of Judas, by Simon Mawer
- The Gospel of Judas by Simon Mawer
- The Lost Gospel by Herbert Krosney

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John Brown's Body (Review) Adam Gopnik
John Brown, Abolitionist, by David S. Reynolds
- John Brown, Abolitionist by David S. Reynolds


Letter from Beverly Hills: Paradise LostAdam Gopnik
The Sultan of Brunei's decision to renovate the Beverly Hills Hotel interrupts the fort...

Letter from BudapestAdam Gopnik
Restaurant at the Zoo

Letter from FranceAdam Gopnik
The Human Bomb

Letter from LondonAdam Gopnik
The Culture of Blairism


Life and LettersAdam Gopnik
Rewriting Nature

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Magic Kingdoms (2 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales, by Maria Tatar
- The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar
- Fairy Godfather by Ruth B. Bottigheimer


New York JournalAdam Gopnik
A Hazard of No Fortune

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Street Furniture

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Check, Please

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Just a Bar

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That Sunday

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Power and the Parrot

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Rikers High

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The Naked City

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Yo Comma Dog

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A Walk on the High Line

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Urban Renewal

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Saving Paradise

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The Cooking Game

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Underfoot

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A Purim Story

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The In-Law

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Bumping Into Mr. Ravioli

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The People on the Bus

Style Special
New York JournalAdam Gopnik
Under One Roof

New York JournalAdam Gopnik
Death of a Fish

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The Old Devil (Review) Adam Gopnik
The Life of Kingsley Amis, by Zachary Leader
- The Life of Kingsley Amis by Zachary Leader


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Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
Femininmasculin at the Pompidou Center

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Status Quo Forever

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
Private Domain

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
Doubting Vincent

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
Crazy Piety

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
Papon's Paper Trial

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
Saving the Balzar

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
Noel Contendre

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
Endgame

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The Rookie

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
Like a King

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
The Anti-Anti-Americans

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
The End of the World

Paris JournalAdam Gopnik
The Real Thing

Paris Journal: A Tale of Two CitiesAdam Gopnik
The Flore, the Deux Magots, and the nature of chic

Paris Journal: Appointment with a DinosaurAdam Gopnik
There is only so far a parent can go

Paris Journal: Chirac AttackAdam Gopnik
Why the French President took a very big gamble

Paris Journal: Cinema DisputeAdam Gopnik
What does a star moviemaker have to fear from intellectuals? In France, everything

Paris Journal: Couture ShockAdam Gopnik
Get ready for what you'll be wearing next

Paris Journal: Elvis of the ElyseeAdam Gopnik
Miterrand lives on, just as he planned to

Paris Journal: In the Garden of Bien et MalAdam Gopnik
The culturati go to war in the Tuileries

Paris Journal: The ChillAdam Gopnik
Why the French can't wait to turn fifty-five

Paris Journal: The First FrenchmanAdam Gopnik
The left, the right, and the head of Yves Saint Laurent are battling over a fifth-centu...

Paris Journal: The Rules of the SportAdam Gopnik
Can you put a New York gym on the Left Bank?

Paris Journal: The Virtual BishopAdam Gopnik
The French find a new way to be subversive



Portfolio: Proust at the MoviesFrancois-Marie Banier and Adam Gopnik

Postscript: Irving PennAdam Gopnik
A popular classicist

Postscript: Kurtzman's Mad WorldArt Spiegelman and Adam Gopnik
The comic-book genius Harvey Kurtzman transformed American popular culture


Profile: Steven Martin - The Late PeriodAdam Gopnik
What's so funny about Picasso and Einstein? Only Steve Martin knows for sure, as he pai...



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Renaissance Man (Review) Adam Gopnik
Leonardo on Painting, by Martin Kemp, Margaret Walker, and Leonardo da Vinci, ...
- Leonardo on Painting by Martin Kemp, Margaret Walker, and Leonardo da Vinci, ...

A Reporter at Large: The Ghost of the Glass HouseAdam Gopnik
Pierre Chareau built his Glass House in Paris to accomodate the modern ideals of a soci...

ReputationsAdam Gopnik
Randall Jarrell's consummate criticism

Shelf LifeAdam Gopnik
The Corrections

Shouts and MurmersAdam Gopnik
Just Desserts

Shouts and MurmursAdam Gopnik
The Price


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Slaughterhouse (2 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
The First Total War, by David A. Bell
- The First Total War by David A. Bell
- The Utility of Force by Rupert Smith

The Sporting SceneAdam Gopnik
The Unbeautiful Game

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Standup Guys (Review) Adam Gopnik
Seriously Funny, by Gerald Nachman
- Seriously Funny by Gerald Nachman







The Talk of the TownAdam Gopnik and James Surowiecki
Comment - Shootings

The Talk of the TownAdam Gopnik and James Surowiecki

The Talk of the TownAdam Gopnik
Comment - Remains of the Days

The Talk of the TownAdam Gopnik
Postscript - John Updike


The Talk of the TownAdam Gopnik
The Pictures: Art Attack

The Talk of the TownAdam Gopnik
Comment: Read All About It

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Talking Man (Review) Adam Gopnik
Groucho, by Stefan Kanfer
- Groucho by Stefan Kanfer

Through the Children's Gate (2006)Adam Gopnik
A Home in New York
3 Reviews

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Trial of the Century (Review) Adam Gopnik
Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters, by Louis Begley
- Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters by Louis Begley


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Voltaire's Garden (3 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
Voltaire in Exile, by Ian Davidson
- Voltaire in Exile by Ian Davidson
- Voltaire: Candide, or Optimism by Burton Raffel and Voltaire
- Voltaire: Candide, or Optimism by Peter Constantine and Voltaire

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What's Cooking? (2 Reviews) Adam Gopnik
The Invention of the Restaurant, by Rebecca L. Spang
- The Invention of the Restaurant by Rebecca L. Spang
- Haute Cuisine by Amy B. Trubek

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Wilson's Version (Review) Adam Gopnik
Jesus: A Life, by A.N. Wilson
- Jesus: A Life by A.N. Wilson

The Worm's Eye View: I Was a Slave to ArtAdam Gopnik
Upstairs, downstairs at the Frick Art Reference Library

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You Have to Laugh (Review) Adam Gopnik
Tramp, by Joyce Milton
- Tramp by Joyce Milton

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