Books
“When people ask how I became interested in history, I answer it was through an interest in popular culture and disreputable genres.”
Read MoreZoë Anderson’s volume aims to give readers a handy way to discern the most influential ballets from among the confusing proliferation that we find in today’s repertory.
Read MoreGarréta pulls off a stylistic feat: it is impossible to determine the gender of the two main characters.
Read MoreAnne Enright’s prose, especially when she is firmly rooted in Ireland, sings; she has the ability to get the details both of setting and character, and a wonderful ear.
Read MoreBruno Colson’s book is a wonder of research, and serves to shed light on the state of Napoleon’s mind.
Read MoreIn this excellent biography, Robert Crawford succeeds admirably in detailing T.S. Eliot’s early intellectual development.
Read MoreThe protagonist’s version of barroom existentialism works as an unofficial précis for the struggle to make it through another day of being human.
Read MoreThe writing in this novel depends on winks and nods. You’re invited to be in on a big joke, assuming it is one.
Read MorePoet Klaus Merz wields his deceptively simple diction in order to pry open hidden secrets: what we leave unsaid, what we neglect, avoid.
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