Books
This collection of observational essays by online musical theater parodist and insta-celebrity Randy Rainbow is a Birkin bag full of snarky social commentary about the most pressing issues facing the US, from dancing TikTok grandmas to Donald Jessica Trump.
“Unterstadt” is valuable, and not only because it memorably excavates a repressed episode in Croatian history. The novel also has considerable relevance, given the savagery besieging the innocent in today’s conflagrations.
A translator must meet a compelling need — to reinvent Franz Kafka’s voice in an English that resounds in the present moment.
This collection of essays, excerpts, letters, and a few poems is a powerful and necessary tool for educating anyone willing to learn about — and confront — the injustice and hypocrisy of our country’s monstrous system of incarceration.
The art monster is messy, ambitious, and narcissistic but couldn’t care less about what you think. Are you frightened?
Authors Anthony E. Kaye and Gregory P. Downs claim that Nat Turner would have seen himself as a Christian prophet.
“This book let me find out for myself why I’ve been obsessed with Dylan since my teens, and I presented what I learned in a way that I hoped others would at least see that I’m not crazy.”
Book Review: “A Shared Cinema” — A Dazzling Book of Interviews with French Film Critic Michel Ciment
Thanks to publisher Paul Cronin for providing “A Shared Cinema,” allowing me and other film lovers hours of pleasure with the inimitable voice of the great French critic and editor Michel Ciment.
Adam Moss’ book is an inspiring compendium of interviews and profiles of 43 creatives on how they make their work, using iconic examples to illuminate their process.
Book Review: Neoliberal Soup for the Fledgling Capitalist Soul — “The Algebra of Wealth”
Serious individuals of all stripes seeking candid yet pragmatic life, career, and financial guidance will find much to savor in this book.
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