The impeachment question, art and politics in Havana and Vienna

Linda Greenhouse on impeachment, Howard French on the lost kingdoms of Africa, Esther Allen on the Havana Bienal Sponsored by [Seagull Books]( [The Impeachment Question]( Linda Greenhouse Although the risks of launching a failed impeachment are obvious, it seems to me that there are clear benefits as well. [Africa’s Lost Kingdoms]( Howard W. French Africa has never lacked civilizations, nor has it ever been as cut off from world events as it has been routinely portrayed. NYR Daily [The Art of the Possible at Havana’s Bienal]( Esther Allen Much of the work the thirtieth Bienal showcases, particularly that by Cuban artists, grapples in giddy despair with the stark dearth of political possibility. [A Resonant Centenary for Strauss in Vienna]( Larry Wolff Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s lavish operatic fairy tale of political and social renewal opened just as a political crisis threatened to subvert the legitimacy of the Austrian republic. [The Photographs of Susan Meiselas]( Lindsey Hilsum Hers are some of the best-known images from the conflicts in Central America. For NYR subscribers [Lunches in the Maelstrom]( Adam Thirlwell Some writers become imbued with the charisma of a history, well beyond the charisma of their writing, and one of these is Ernst Jünger. [Subscribe to The New York Review of Books]( for just $1 an issue, and get exclusive access to the current issue plus the magazine’s complete 55-year digital archives: [Get 10 issues for $10]( You are receiving this message because you signed up for email newsletters from The New York Review. [Update preferences]( The New York Review of Books 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 [Unsubscribe](