Books
Bad Moon Rising turns out to be justified by new evidence, some of which will be surprising to all concerned.
Read MoreThe Murder of Sonny Liston is an absorbing, albeit speculative, attempt at addressing the mystery that died with the man.
Read More“Surely the passion for the plain, the homespun, the banal is itself a form of betrayal, a refusal to look honestly at a complex universe.”
Read MoreCursed Legacy‘s chronicle of the life of Thomas Man’s son is an important addition to the cultural history of the twentieth century.
Read MoreThe Library of America volumes of Virgil Thomson’s writings will help reestablish him as one of the 20th century’s preeminent musical scribes.
Read MoreScholastique Mukasonga’s autobiography, Cockroaches, examines the three decades leading up to the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda.
Read MoreThe central mystery of the life of Brian Wilson: How did such a sweet and fragile soul create such complex and enduring music?
Read MoreAs confessions of rock decadence go, Lol Tolhust’s are fairly tame stuff.
Read MoreThe standard view of Kafka reduces him to the patron saint of neurotics.
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Arts Remembrance: Tribute to Jazz Producer Alex Lemsky