Books
This eye-opening collection of photo-essays, essays, and interviews offers a kaleidoscopic view of a subject that is too often hidden, treated as a private concern rather than one of vital public interest.
Translator Nandana Dev Sen has opened a window for us to savor Bengali women’s poetry through these lovingly translated poems of her mother.
Against White Feminism is an informative and thought-provoking read for all feminists.
Is Amy Bonnaffons saying that heterosexual love is doomed? Probably not. But she gives no indication it can work in the world she creates here.
Whether we call this slim volume poetic prose or prose poetry, a novella or a collection of verse, seems beside the point. It is haunting, hypnotic, and moving.
The late Friederike Mayröcker’s über-recognizable style has become a brand, logoed by certain objects: violets, lilacs, birds
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
This was an artist who approached his singular craft with equal measures of exuberance and precision.
Shakespearean’s version of the Bard comes off as somewhat Monty Pythonesque — we are usually marching along with “Men Men Men.”
Arts Commentary: It’s OK to Like Board Games, Even the Bad Ones
These cheesy board games were repetitive and horrible and I loved every one of them.
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