My Dots for Sunday, October 07, 2007

Vandals broke into the Musée d’Orsay early Sunday morning, punching a 4 inch hole in a famous Monet painting as well as leaving “various bits of filth” before fleeing security guards.

Quoted: Intruders left a tear close to four inches long in the painting “The Argenteuil Bridge,” at the Orsay Museum.

The Library of America has just added critic Edmund Wilson to its collection. This lovely piece in the New York Times explores Wilson’s unique brand of criticism and his deserved place in this canon.

Quoted: There has never been anyone like Edmund Wilson, with his range, style and modern outlook.