Books
The Ash Family is a full-color illustration of how the modern world leaves people vulnerable to radical ideas.
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In more pedantic hands, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen could easily have been a tedious and frustrating read. Instead, despite the dense and ultimately inconclusive source material, the book is continuously fascinating.
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Rarely does a book leave me questioning the ways in which I understood, or thought I understood, the construction of some of the most formative solos in jazz history.
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C.D. Wright has woven a poetic text that mirrors the tangled intimacy between humans and the beech, in all of its violence, its confusion, and its beauty.
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W.S. Merwin remained politically as well as artistically motivated all his life, often proclaiming the vital importance of activism.
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Mainstream environmentalism is not just serious and sanctimonious, it also happens to be very white and very heteronormative.
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Music Director Martin Pearlman had the excellent idea to cut out 6 of the 24 arias to make Jephtha move along, and it paid off.
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The Bird King is an utterly lovely reading experience.
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We need stories like The Wages to expose the hypocrisy and incoherence of the institutions that we are supposed to believe are pillars of justice.
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Poetry Commentary: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 100 — The Beats Go On
The Beats came before the ’60s, the decade of civil rights protests, women’s rights, the anti-war movement, and the civil strife that included riots and assassinations.
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