Crispin Sartwell
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Pennsylvania, United States
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Past articles by Crispin:
Posterized: The Tragedy of Macbeth, Directed by Joel Cohen
Little quasi-people in a huge inert space like nothing on planet earth. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
Returning to Elvis Costello
A review of the new album The Boy Named If, in the form of a personal essay. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
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Different sorts of creatures, exploring the very same world. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
Lawyers v. Logicians
As Sonia Sotomayor and Lawrence Tribe have recently shown, legal arguments often transcend rationality entirely. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
Country Top Ten 2021
This was a great year, despite the Wallen flap. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
Keep on Scratchin'
Without gambling, alcohol, fossil fuels, and nicotine, state governments would collapse. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
It Matters Where You See the Art
John Moore and Jennifer Bartlett at Locks Gallery, Philadelphia. → Read More
Why They Suck: The US Military
Thank you for your service. → Read More
Yips and Twisties: Men and Mental Illness
Ted Lasso, Ben Simmons, Naomi Osaka, and me. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
"Let's Go Brandon" Shows that Language Can't Be Controlled
Because words mean whatever we agree they mean. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
Why They Suck: Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana sucks innocently; it's not her fault. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
I Can't Reveal What This Column is About
A writer struggles to come to terms with his logophobia. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
To Infinity and Beyond!
Voting to raise the debt ceiling is no formality. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
Diasporic Soul
Forget Respect. 2021 is a golden year for soul albums by younger black women. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
Posterized: In the Heights
"Representation" is not enough. → Read More
How Bad a President Was Trump?
Pretty bad. But not the worst. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
Clinical Psychology is Definitely Not a Science
Perhaps we should think of psychology as one of the arts or humanities. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
The Second Golden Age of Country Music is Back
New albums by Alan Jackson and Dillon Carmichael show that the circle is unbroken. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
The Rough and Fundamental Beauty of The Marfa Tapes
Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, and Jon Randall bring some much-needed joy. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More
Posterized: Michael B. Jordan in Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Now that’s one suck-ass movie. || Crispin Sartwell → Read More