Books
Two new kids’ books celebrate books, reading, and illustrators — perfect for the young bibliophile in your life.
This book offers a deep dive — a very deep dive — into how contemporary tokens work, and the consequences of their use, both for the good and for the bad.
The textile arts have been dissed by so many narrow-minded educators and critics over the years that it is heartening to have two exhibits (and their catalogues) treat the art of the woven with the respect and awe that it deserves.
One wonders sometimes whether the weight of acclaim doesn’t place an author beyond critical reproach. The bandwagon effect.
Just in time for Chanukah, here are two books that focus on the Jewish experience in America.
Christian Wiman’s new book takes readers on an exhilarating, confounding, comforting, and surprisingly fresh intellectual journey.
Robert Morgan has written a fascinating reconsideration of the life of Edgar Allan Poe.
A new interpretation of an old fable and a newly reissued fairy tale provide delightful reading for kids — and perhaps good holiday gifts as well.
Biographer Judith Tick is reverent about the singer without falling into hagiography: with honest scrutiny, she asserts the enduring value of Ella Fitzgerald’s achievement for generations to come.
Book Review: “Time’s Echo” — Listening to the Voices of the Past
Jeremy Eichler calls on hearers to engage in “deep listening,” by which he means engaging the mind and heart not just with the music, but also with the historical, cultural, and artistic contexts that gave rise to it.
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