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Julia Simon

Ya Know What? Atheists Can Also Be Nutty Zealots

I DON’T BELIEVE IN ATHEISTS
By Chris Hedges
Free Press, 185 pages, $25

Poor Einstein. Long after his death, atheists and agnostics, Jews and secular Jews are still trying to claim him for their side. Einstein was remarkably coy—you can interpret his quotes on God and religion in many contradictory ways. But Read More

A Canvas Richly Textured With Post-9/11 Questions

The line between painting and sculpture blurs when the layers of paint pile up, scratching the third dimension, protruding into our world. And there’s a kind of prose impasto, too: Layers of expository brushstroke, heaped with coats of consciousness and memory, cause literary characters to protrude, to extend into the world of the now. Ward Read More

A Canvas Richly Textured With Post-9/11 Questions

The line between painting and sculpture blurs when the layers of paint pile up, scratching the third dimension, protruding into our world. And there’s a kind of prose impasto, too: Layers of expository brushstroke, heaped with coats of consciousness and memory, cause literary characters to protrude, to extend into the world of the now. Ward Read More