Books
Helen Dunmore’s astounding final novel is a fascinating take on a family of radicals living in Bristol, England during the French Revolution.
Read MoreTom Perrotta zeroes in on liberal pieties, a sure way to spice up the fun he has with our current cultural obsessions.
Read MoreA gripping autobiography and beautiful new solo CD from a master jazz pianist — Fred Hersch.
Read MoreThere was an entire “New York School” that the punks were inspired by and a part of, whether they always wanted to be or not.
Read MoreGerald Shea’s is a powerful voice for the legitimacy of Sign Languages of the Deaf and for visual communication as an essential human right.
Read MoreWhy didn’t a legal mind as brilliant as Richard Posner’s get to the Supreme Court? One suspects his candor and bluntness.
Read MoreIliazd is more interested in working through all the possible reasons that generate behavior rather than grappling with issues of morality.
Read MoreThis book captures — beautifully — poet John Ashbery’s youth and dreams and struggles.
Read MoreNaomi Klein argues that the more anxious we are, the more vulnerable we are to politically opportunistic manipulation.
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