Books
It’s hard to critique a novel that flies under such a resplendent banner, a wholesale rejection of the dead and decaying world of trends and war and meaninglessness.
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“Ornette was looking for those notes, the ones that feel no pain.”
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Ah, Florida, “the grease trap under America’s George Foreman Grill”: not just “weird America,” also “impending America.”
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Twilight of Democracy made me yearn (uncharacteristically) for hard scientific data to supplement Anne Applebaum’s punditry about the pundits.
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Practical handbook, compendium of theory, or history of an American tradition? A little of each… but enough of any?
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These days, I worry that David Mitchell is losing touch with reality.
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Two Californias is full of humor, good writing, and thoughtful angles on human existence—with zombies thrown in for good measure.
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It wasn’t until 2009 that a trove of Florence B. Price scores was discovered in a dilapidated house in down-state Illinois and a revival of interest in this most remarkable of composers began in earnest.
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Invisible Years is — simultaneously — an indispensable source and a distinguished work of art.
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Hardly a portrait of glory from sea to shining sea, these tales drop in on estranged, lost, and overwhelmed people.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025