A.O. Scott

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | A.O. Scott |Aliza Aufrichtig

Yesterday we put our heads down to look closely at Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Recuerdo" - at the words and syllables and even individual letters that make it a poem. (If you're just joining us, this is the third day of our Poetry Challenge. There's plenty of time to catch up, but you may want to start on Day 1.)But there's a lot more to see. Those words are about something; they come from somewhere; they belong to someone.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | A.O. Scott

"The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald's tale of a tragic Long Island millionaire, was published 100 years ago to tepid reviews and disappointing sales. Since then, especially in the decades since World War II, it has become a staple of English classes and a fixture in popular culture. The novel has been memed, mocked, tweaked and reimagined countless times, a multifarious afterlife that I wrote about recently in The Times. In my article, I explored some of the reasons for this longevity.

1 month ago | entertainment-mag.com | A.O. Scott

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel turns 100 this year. What does its hero tell us about how we see ourselves? A collage of photos and videos including the actors Robert Redford and Leonard DiCaprio as Gatsby, scenes from “Seinfeld” and “Family Guy,” and an image of the first edition of the book. And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly back into a book that its author considered calling “Trimalchio in West Egg.” Would we still be talking about it if he had?

1 month ago | news.nestia.com | A.O. Scott

Life Isn’t Perfect. But This Poem Might Be. “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its craft — and its wildness. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott March 20, 2025 Poems don’t have to be perfect, but this one pretty much is. I mean that less as praise — though it is a long-time favorite — than as a technical description.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | A.O. Scott

En su tercer día en el cargo, en enero, el presidente Donald Trump ordenó liberar documentos de los Archivos Nacionales relacionados con los asesinatos de John F. Kennedy, su hermano Robert y el reverendo Martin Luther King. Como Trump declaró en campaña: "Han pasado 60 años, es hora de que el pueblo estadounidense conozca la VERDAD". La verdad es que nada en los archivos va a disipar la niebla de hipótesis, rumores y especulaciones que se arremolina en torno a estos asesinatos.