Cleopatra styled herself an immortal, and she's certainly had the longevity to prove it. Her afterlife has been fluid--shaped, disassembled and transformed according to the needs of storytellers, be they her contemporary Roman foes or golden-age (...)
Set in a nameless Egyptian city in the early 1960s, “The Jokers” (NYRB 2010) is a ruthless send-up of power, corruption and ambition, as found in government institutions as well as revolutionary cabals. Yet if it's satire, it belongs to a peculiar (...)
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The world has never known quite what to make of Brion Gysin, the British poet, painter and visionary magpie. A close associate of writer William S. Burroughs, Gysin pioneered the “Cut-Up Method” of textual collage that led to (...)
