Books
In his mostly successful filmic adaptation of Martin Eden, Italian director Pietro Marcello transposes with ease London’s Oakland novel to the seaport of Naples.
At his best, Matthew Schultz’s abilities as a writer transcend the small, tight canvasses he has prepared for himself.
A trio of new ballet books offer messages of inclusion and acceptance that both celebrate ballet and acknowledge some of its problems.
Two fine books for children that draw on music to deliver inspiring messages.
With the beguiling Remain in Love, Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz puts a refreshing spin on a familiar genre.
Brief and incessant, repetitive and spiraling, Panthers & the Museum of Fire offers a illuminating perspective on an internal drama: how trivial moments can become pivotal in the development of a writer.
In this satisfying memoir, Go-Go’s bassist and quintessential rock chick Kathy Valentine shares her experiences as a member of the most successful all-girl rock band of all time.
Louise Glück crafts her poems with an insinuatingly thorny power that demands the reader pay close attention.
An unabridged text of an incisive, harrowing, and absorbing eyewitness account of the Gulag has finally been published in English translation.
Dance Review/Commentary: “The Grand Union” — The Story of the Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance
This fascinating book, and the rich literature of films and writings around it, have helped me feel a bit more positive about these shrunken times.
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