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Arthur Bruso

Aug 8
16 min

Not My Monkeys

Review of The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond

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Spreading the Word – A Review of "A History of Illuminated Manuscripts" by Christopher de Hamel

Arthur Bruso

Sep 18, 2019
8 min

Spreading the Word – A Review of "A History of Illuminated Manuscripts" by Christopher de Hamel

It could be argued that the book was the greatest achievement in communication after writing.

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Review of Bruegel or The Workshop of Dreams by Claude-Henri Rocquet

Arthur Bruso

May 24, 2019
9 min

Review of Bruegel or The Workshop of Dreams by Claude-Henri Rocquet

Most of Pieter Bruegel’s life remains a mystery. He left no record of his time on earth except his enigmatic work.

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Arthur Bruso

Mar 22, 2019
10 min

On Photography by Susan Sontag

The six essays Sontag collected and published under the title On Photography, were first written for the New York Review of Books, appear...

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Review "Journeys in Dreams and Imagination"

Arthur Bruso

Nov 28, 2018
2 min

Review "Journeys in Dreams and Imagination"

Artur Lundkivst, Swedish poet and Nobel panelist, at age 75 suffered a massive heart attack while delivering a lecture. He lay in a coma ...

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