Books
In her fabulous, intensely involving book, author Katie Roiphe crawls into the deathbeds of five writers who wrote brilliantly and prolifically.
Read MoreReaders inspired to take a listening journey from Gioia’s historical perspective will benefit greatly from his delineation of jazz’s various forms.
Read MoreBen Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.
Read MoreJohn Vassos, Industrial Design for Modern Life is not only an essential book for designers, but for those who love the history of design.
Read MoreFor Cynthia Ozick, critics connect the dots; they inform us about what kind of culture we’re living in.
Read MoreHilmes’ fascination with Liszt’s public notoriety stands front-and-center in this biographical effort.
Read MoreOne of the ironies inf American Rhapsody is that most of the artists Pierpont takes up didn’t find life in America to be rhapsodic at all.
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Book Review and Commentary: Testaments to the Wonderful Ears of Ralph J. Gleason
A writer has to write for the now or to write for the ages. Gleason almost always chose the now, but his best moments go deeper.
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