Those readers who embrace spiritual adventure — reincarnation as a mode of family therapy — will be illuminated and entertained by this book.
Books
Book Review: “In Memory of Memory” — Riven Recollections
It is the loss of memories and the meaning of memory that dominate, generating speculations that draw the reader into and through Maria Stepanova’s argument and interpretations.
Arts Remembrance: “Why Not Say What Happened” — Morris Dickstein’s Memoir About Living a Life of the Mind
RIP Morris Dickstein, among the last of the generation of the New York School of Jewish intellectuals, scholar/critics of massive knowledge and intellect who came from humble backgrounds.
Author Interview: Critic Morris Dickstein — “We Need a New Minority Culture”
“Arts journalism should meet the same high standard as other forms of writing but rarely does, even in the good old days.”
Book Review: A Precarious Plenitude — “Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era”
In this beautifully written, shrewdly researched, and artfully argued book, Matthew Rafalow contends that how teachers understand and regulate their students digital know-how has profound consequences.
Book Review: Harold Bloom’s Final Testament to the Saving Power of Literature
Here’s to the late Harold Bloom. Do yourself a favor. Get up early (or whenever) and read something that matters.
Book Review: “The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar” — A Formalist Critic’s Picaresque Novel
A new complete translation of the most accomplished novel by Yury Tynyanov, an innovative Russian man of letters during the experimental 1920s.
Book Review: “The Recent East” — Exploring Seldom Seen Territory
Thomas Grattan, a New Yorker with German roots, displays an observant eye and a way with dialogue in his first novel.
Book Review: “¡Printing the Revolution! — The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now”
There’s a looseness, a jagged brio that gives the images in ¡Printing the Revolution! a visual bang — a kind of primal pop.
Book Review: “Children Under Fire: An American Crisis” — Gun Violence Run Amuck
Children Under Fire examines gun violence in America, focusing on how it is threatening our nation’s children.