Books
Franca Mancinelli’s poetry refreshingly interweaves personal, historical, cultural, and ecological themes
“Bluebeard’s Castle” is a sexy but subversive romance novel steeped in Gothic imagery.
An interview with veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan, who just dropped “Backstage & Beyond: Volume 2: 45 Years of Modern Rock Chats & Rants” in October.
Melinda Taub’s thoroughly enjoyable new novel joins other notable pastiches of Jane Austen’s classic story.
To these eyes, Lauren Groff’s latest novel is her most accomplished yet.
Tired of the same old animal books? Here’s a series filled with fascinating facts, large and small, about farm animals, and an inspiring tale of the bees of Notre Dame.
John Gray’s pessimism is a direct descendant of the cultural pessimism preached by Oswald Spengler, whose best-seller, “The Decline of the West,” played a major role in the growth of fascism in the 1920s and ’30s.
The cultural critic’s wrestling with the compromises that the pleasures of mass culture inevitably demand is heartfelt. In a word, it’s normal.
It’s good to discover that George Scialabba is as lively as ever and that “Only a Voice” is filled with provocative arguments that make the reader want to argue right back.
Music Commentary: “Now and Then” — Nostalgia By and For the Beatles
In many ways, “Now and Then” is the fitting gift — a single closing bookend, which Paul McCartney has called the Beatles’ last record.
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