Books
The biography is a workmanlike introduction, valuable because it brings a measured understanding to Osip Mandelstam’s life and poetry as well as to the horrific decades he lived through.
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What makes Scout Tafoya’s book a radical departure from earlier studies is his in-your-face challenges to John Ford’s character and his racial politics.
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America Goes Modern does splendid justice to the genesis of a miraculous design phenomenon.
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This is the first time Michael Grecco, who was a photojournalist for the Associated Press from 1978-83 and then a staff photographer for the Boston Herald — while regularly shooting shows at night for WBCN and Boston Rock — will exhibit this collection in the U.S. northeast.
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Two powerufl volumes show that Ukraine’s greatest weapons against Russia are hope and unity.
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This is a whimsical, well-written novel about an artistically respected Jewish family who managed to escape Nazi-annexed Austria at a perilously late date — September, 1939.
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The point of the revelatory exercises in Second Star is to mentally invigorate, to sharpen how we look at the things in plain sight that we take for granted.
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Kerry Howley’s expose is a vibrant report on the chaotic and often disquieting world of surveillance and national security.
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Children’s picture books about dogs and cats are plentiful, but a few new entries in the genre stand out.
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Book Review: Searching for “Truth and Repair” — Asking Rape Survivors For Their Vision of Justice
For real change to happen, argues Judith Herman, “crimes of dominance and subordination would need to be approached as a matter of public health as well as public safety, with prevention as a primary goal.”
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