Books
Antoine Volodine is a master of the prolonged, very prolonged, tongue-in-cheek spoof. But he is also dead serious.
Read MoreMakine may be plagiarizing himself, which is a perfectly legitimate thing for a writer to do, but scenes of spring snow and railroad stations become clichés even in talented hands.
Read MoreJohn Taylor introduces readers to an amazing array of sensibilities and life histories in a babel of languages from an atlas of nations.
Read MoreThe Bloody Hand stands alongside other autobiographical classics devoted to the First World War.
Read MoreThis anthology is thought-provoking and often moving; a spearhead into a relatively undiscussed new demographic.
Read MoreMore than a mere novel, The Wake is really a medieval epic poem to an English way of life that would be erased forever.
Read MoreGuitarist Jon Fine’s memoir is an intriguing blend of history, sociology, entertainment, and a healthy dose of after-hours pulp.
Read MoreTony Judt is an American treasure, in time he may prove as great to our country as George Orwell and Albert Camus are to theirs.
Read MoreIt is nice to know that there is someone as cultivated and enthusiastic about constitutional history as Professor Akhil Reed Amar.
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Arts Remembrance: Tribute to Jazz Producer Alex Lemsky