Books
Iris Murdoch proves a wonderful companion: funny, honest, insightful, and courageous.
The Annotated Poe invites readers to take a fresh look at Edgar Allan Poe and his far-ranging artistic legacy.
Brian Seibert’s history of tap dancing has unleashed something I can only describe as a tap world pissing contest.
“All my effort is to transform machines into narrative, to show how much narrative power they have inside them, how they can tell stories.”
Ruth Lepson’s method in these poems is to encourage us listen as carefully as she does.
“Even in a terrain as epic and mythic and exotic as the Sahara, you cannot run away from the weight of your past.”
What’s most interesting about And Again is precisely what gets the least narrative attention.
Fighting God is logically argued, lucid, and makes a powerful case for a more secular nation.
M. T. Anderson writes with a compellingly dark tone and a keen eye for characterization worthy of adult readership.
The Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll at Mid-Year: Warming Up a Riff — How It Happened, and Why It Matters