Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott If ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Not everything about Thwaite’s edition is so muddled, of course. Not everything about Thwaite’s edition is so ...

Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless. Whatever the reason, I was a fan of Larkin’s work from a young age, and continue to be, to this day. Since I first memorized “The Trees,” not a spring has ...