Books
This superb volume is much more than a group of essays; it is a tale with a trajectory fashioned by a writer who is determined to be achingly honest.
Read MoreAnthony DeCurtis wants to do justice to his subjects’ extensive catalogue, but the book begins to feel less like exegesis and more like Lou Reed 101.
Read MoreDe Hamel’s history is a detective story, a love story, and a revelation of the nourishment to be found in celebrated libraries and collections.
Read More“Everything about the Holocaust already seems so thoroughly unreal, as if it no longer belongs to the experience of our generation, but to mythology…”
Read MoreWilliam Gass’s primal loyalty was to the words composing his texts.
Read MoreSome of our critics talk about the books that meant the most to them over the past year.
Read MoreReading Nikki Giovanni, one is inspired to never cower, to never beg, to never surrender.
Read More“I see him as the greatest artist of the English language, it happens to be in song, of the second half of the 20th century.
Read MoreManhattan Beach feels acutely relevant despite being set in the past.
Read MoreBest Food Writing 2017 presents, as the series always has, a veritable buffet of pleasurable reading for the foodie.
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The 20th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll: The Institution Continues