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Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs by Anthony van Dyck.

Preamble

Alms for Oblivion

By Lewis H. Lapham

“One should always be drunk,” proclaimed poet Charles Baudelaire. But the question remains, drunk with what?

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Evening Landscape with Two Men by Caspar David Friedrich.

Essay

Last Testaments

By Francine Prose

What do artists and writers do when they are faced with the imminence of death? Francine Prose reviews the final works of historian Tony Judt.

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Dionysos and his Thiasus, from the circle of the Antimenes Painter.

Essay

Fabled Powers

By Sven Birkerts

For an artist, a day of successful inspiration is also a day a systematic intoxication.

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Essay

Players Club

By Rebecca Lemon

From Falstaff to Cassio, intoxication to addiction, a brief history of Shakespeare and alcohol.

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