Books
In its efforts to cram so much information into so small a space, the narrative becomes unfocused.
The authors let dance serve as a way of embodied knowing — an intelligence that can unlock an understanding of physics’ theories and abstractions.
What impressed me most about these two different women is they were both products of an America which values determination and wit and intelligence, as well as opportunity.
Chopin and His World establishes multiple new starting points for further studies of one of the world’s greatest composers, yet it can be read with pleasure by people who merely(!) love the music.
The late Amos Oz relished the latent anarchism in Jewish holy texts — full of debates, arguments, challenges.
Rev William Barber II has effectively demonstrated again and again what he often calls “fusion politics” across lines of race, age, and religion.
The Barefoot Woman is lyrical but also informative and ethnographic, as much a memoir of a mother as it is of her way of life.
Jack Taylor’s world is very much our world and his despair is our despair.
This volume is clearly critic Nate Chinen’s resounding response to the “jazz is dead” chant.
Sophisticated Giant paints a convincing picture of an extremely charming, intelligent, resilient, and talented man.
Music Commentary: Brian Wilson’s Legacy Thrives — 2026 Reissues Reviewed