Books
Michael Krielaars’ portrait of Soviet musicians reveals art shaped—and warped—by fear, ideology, and longing.
All too often, Devin Johnston’s poems remain at the level of reportage.
“Making Art and Making a Living” assembles colorful tales of ingenuity while skirting the economic inequities that make them necessary.
Neige Sinno’s “Sad Tiger” turns a devastating childhood experience into a fearless, searching work of moral and psychological clarity.
Marjorie Garber’s case for poetry as resistance proves more fanciful than persuasive.
A new collection of Harold Bloom’s letters reveals a critic who found the heights of Western literature far more inviting than the “drab” reality of a Vermont forest.
Poet Adrian Matejka distills identity, anti-racist critique, political commentary, and literary history into rapid left-right-left punches, each landing hard.
Why democracy cannot escape elites—and how they quietly reshape power from within.
Stark prairie lyrics of survival, memory, and reluctant belonging.
D. H. Lawrence’s final poems confront mortality with mysticism, sensuality, and hard-won clarity.
Design and Visual Arts: Affordable Housing, By Design