From Cabinet, the most obvious differences between different animals are differences of size, but for some reason the zoologists have paid singularly little attention to them; and a special section on bones. Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard by Richard Brody argues the director is as dominant and influential as Picasso. From Vanity Fair, every successful society needs its Bohemia, a haven for the artists, exiles, and misfits who regenerate the culture; with the heart of New York’s West Village threatened by developers, London, Paris, and San Francisco have a message for Manhattan: Don’t do it! From n+1, from literature to advertising, we've developed a cultural style of ceaseless babbling; the hype cycle: The important thing is no longer what a song, movie, or book does to you; the big question is its relationship to its reputation; how much money does a writer need? Of course it depends; to the painful post-industrial syndromes of carpal tunnel, repetitive stress injury, and chronic eyestrain is added: Masturbator's Thumb; a review of books on Woman, the New Social Problem; and is Orhan Pamuk bad for the Turks? A 21st-century profile: Art for art’s sake, and for the US economy, too. Michael Wood reviews The Delighted States by Adam Thirlwell. We need these taxes: There are (relatively) painless ways to make it more fair — and reduce the deficit.
