A Master Artist Shares His Straightforward Approach for Capturing the Essence of Nature One measure of a painting's success is the emotion it elicits from its viewer; William Silvers' wildlife scenes make your pulse quicken and your breath catch as you witness some of nature's most miraculous everyd[...]

Without warning, the world comes to an end. The sky looms frigid white. The electric grid falters. Airplanes everywhere crash to the ground.
Within moments, the sky comes down in a crushing sheet of light, and everything and everyone are gone--except for Hannah and Amanda Given. Saved from dest[...]

How should we respond to individuals with disabilities? What does it mean to be disabled? Over fifty million Americans, from neonates to the fragile elderly, are disabled. Some people say they have the right to full social participation, while others repudiate such claims as delusive or dangerous. I[...]

Many of the contributors to The New York Review of Books have written about deep and abiding relationships--both personal and intellectual--with fellow poets, writers, and artists. "The Company They Kept "is a collection of twenty-eight accounts of these friendships that were always stimulating, oft[...]