For fans of Pink Floyd, the book’s first half, with its treasure trove of early Floyd photos, is the main draw; the remastered release of Delicate Sound of Thunder offers a definitive picture of what Pink Floyd actually performed during the 1987 tour.
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Book Review: “She Come By It Natural” — Dolly Parton, Feminist Icon
Those looking to understand why Dolly Parton is such an icon, or searching for a thoughtful and witty alternative to Hillbilly Elegy, would do well to read this book.
Poetry Review: Gail Mazur’s “Land’s End” — Poems of Questions and Declarations
It’s hard to imagine many of Gail Mazur’s poems emerging from anywhere else than from inside Route 128.
Book Review: “Sittin’ In” — Remembrance of Jazz Clubs Past
Sittin’ in raises fascinating issues and its wealth of ephemera provides an amusing context in which to ponder deeper questions.
Book Review: “Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls” — A Disappointing Look at Women, Music, and Fame
Journalist Lisa Robinson deconstructed the idea of the girl who could hang with the guys (and laugh off their casual misogyny) long before Gillian Flynn immortalized the Cool Girl in Gone Girl.
Book Review: “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” — Would You Like Time Travel with That Latte?
To his credit, Kawaguchi is a canny enough craftsman to give the time tripping cliché a healthy spin.
Book Review: “V2” — Robert Harris’s Gentler, Kinder World War II
This is history from a distance. Harris’s characters feel more real when they’re working out the equations that will make a missile fly or fall than when they’re fleeing a double agent or a misfiring rocket.
Book Review: “Kraft” — A Pitch Perfect Satire of Neoliberal Dreamin’
A powerful allegory for our techno-crazed, consumption-addicted, soul-crushing times.
Poetry Review: Joshua Bennett’s “Owed” — Paying a Debt, Memorably
Every exquisitely crafted line reflects the pull of a threatening body politic, the gravitational force of history.
Book Review: Karl Kraus’s Prophetic “Third Walpurgis Night” — Listening to the Music of an Ocean of Mud
“Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations should hold it to their ears like a seashell in which there is the music of an ocean of mud.”— Karl Kraus