Nathan VictorThe Duke in His Domainverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Truman CapoteMarlon Brando, on location. Most Japanese girls giggle. The little maid on the fourth floor of the Miyako Hotel, in Kyoto, was no exception. Hilarity, and attempts to suppress it, pinked her cheeks (unlike the Chinese, the Japanese complexion more often than not has considerable color), shook her …
Nathan VictorArtifacts of a Doomed Expedition (Published 2016)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Leanne ShaptonOn a Monday morning in May 1845, two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, set out from Greenhithe, England, to chart a northwest passage to India and China. They departed with 134 crew members commanded by Sir John Franklin, 59, a decorated explorer famous for his previous journeys to the north. The …
Nathan VictorWhy Are Museums So Afraid of This Artist?verified_publisherThe New York Times - M.H. MillerIN THE SUMMER of 1970, as part of the group exhibition “Information,” one of the first major surveys of conceptual art, the artist Hans Haacke presented a work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York called “Poll of MoMA Visitors.” Museumgoers were given slips of paper to deposit into one of two …
Nathan VictorMake it awkward!Aeon Media - Alexandra PlakiasA man knows he should speak up about the sexist behaviour of his coworkers, but doesn’t, because they’re his friends and he doesn’t want to make it …
Nathan VictorOpinion | Who Gets to Kill in Self-Defense?verified_publisherThe New York Times - Rachel Louise SnyderHas the physical violence increased over the past year? Does he own a gun? Have you left him after living together? Is he unemployed? Has he ever used a weapon against you? Does he threaten to kill you? Does he threaten to harm your children? Has he ever forced you to have sex? Does he ever try to choke or …
Nathan VictorThe Arizona Copper Mine at the Center of an Epic Fight Over Religion and PoliticsThe Wall Street Journal. - Phred DvorakSUPERIOR, Ariz.—In his garage here, Henry C. Munoz Sr. keeps a 1966 gray Chevy Impala and three giant 3D models showing a crater nearly 2 miles across and deep enough to hold the Eiffel Tower. That crater is the expected outcome if the world’s two most valuable mining companies get the go-ahead for …
