Author Interview: Joseph Horowitz on Anton Seidl and the Lost Promise of...
In "The Disciple: A Wagnerian Tale of the Gilded Age," the cultural historian and novelist resurrects Wagner’s American apostle—and a progressive, populist musical culture that New York has largely...
View ArticleBook Review: John Berger, Indivisible
Tom Overton’s lively, intimate biography follows the critic, novelist, artist, activist, and lifelong insurgent through a career that remade the ways we see.
View ArticleArts Commentary: Superman, Spider-Man, and the American Art of Slugging Nazis
William Nicholas Love’s punch heard round the internet belongs to a long comic-book history of fighting homegrown fascism—from Captain America to “The Clan of the Fiery Cross.”
View ArticleBook Review: Beneath the Waves — A Story of Love, Loss, and Uncertainty
Kelly Anderson’s "The Wild Beneath" finds beauty in the eerie aftermath of disaster, where grief settles everywhere and the sea reshapes what its survivors believe is real.
View ArticleBook Review: Jack Cole — Hollywood Dance’s Dazzling Bad Boy
"Jazzed" makes a persuasive case for Jack Cole’s artistic importance, even as its overly admiring portrait evades some of his darkest behavior.
View ArticleBook Review: And Quiet Flow the Dons
Colin Kidd’s lively history follows universities in Oxford and Cambridge from postwar confidence through rebellion, Thatcherite assault, and a troubling loss of institutional nerve.
View ArticleBook Review: “Talking in Tongues”— What It Means to Make Bones Sing
In this rich collection of essays and introductions, translator and writer Peter Wortsman considers language as an intimate, imperfect act of resurrection—and guides readers toward a varied company of...
View ArticleBook Review: Arthur Mitchell — Breaking Barriers, Building a Legacy
There is no question that this new volume will be the resource that all subsequent historians will turn to when they explore the trajectory of classical ballet’s slow -- and not yet completed --...
View ArticleBook Review: The Long, Strange Journey of the Christmas Carol
John Potter’s deeply researched history follows English carols from streets and taverns to churches, choirbooks, and the contemporary musical vernacular.
View ArticleBook Review: “Starting Over with John and Yoko” – The Story Behind the...
Kenneth Womack’s lively account of Boston photographer Roger Farrington’s 1980 shoot offers a small but captivating footnote to Beatles history.
View ArticleBook Review: “The Hard Path to Unity”— A Liberal’s Case for Caution
In "The Hard Path to Unity," former congressman Barney Frank offers a sharp account of Trump-era politics and liberal disarray—but his call for patience with progressive “dissidents” invites serious...
View ArticleBook Review: “Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow”— The Fine Art of...
Iana Boukova’s novel finds enchantment in digression, folklore, and the sensuous music of language.
View ArticlePoetry Review: In “Precisely Now,” Lawrence Joseph’s Prophetic Fury Meets...
A lawyer-poet’s arguments against war, racism, plutocracy, and despair are sharpened by moments of sensual attention and stubborn devotion.
View ArticleBook Review: “Deserted”— How the Local News Crisis Is Devastating Rural...
By Dan Kennedy Social change and corporate greed are destroying newspapers in small-town America. What happens to the people left behind? Deserted: Life Without Local News in Rural America by Nick...
View ArticleBook Review: The Ghosts of Empire in China Miéville’s “The Rouse”
In this monumental, politically charged epic, the author turns Cold War imperialism, government secrecy, and the limits of human understanding into a haunting story of weaponized ghosts.
View ArticleBook Review: Edward Gorey, Up Close—and Not Quite in Focus
Christopher Seufert’s "Memento Gorey" offers an intimate, cluttered, sometimes illuminating portrait of the artist’s final years, but its unedited conversations rarely penetrate the mystery at their...
View ArticlePoetry Review: Thom Gunn’s AIDS Elegies Still Refuse Abstraction
A new edition of "The Man with Night Sweats" brings the poet’s formal restraint, domestic intimacy, and unsparing attention to individual loss into sharper focus.
View ArticleBook Review: Alexander Herzen’s “Future” Has Arrived
A new annotated translation of "Past & Thoughts" restores the Russian revolutionary writer’s intimate family drama and brings his penetrating critique of tyranny, populism, and political extremism...
View ArticleBook Review: A Life Lived at the Boomer Crossroads
Robert Dattoli’s "Boomer Madness" recounts a picaresque journey through sex, drugs, work, protest, and the cultural upheavals of postwar America—but its reflections on the generation often prove less...
View ArticleChildren’s Book Reviews: Hurray for Books!
Two lively picture books invite children to discover the creativity, collaboration, and wonder behind the books they love.
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