Commentary
The road to ultimate destruction is lined by spiritual apathy, intellectual carelessness, and moral equivalency.
Our last Mississippi destination was a major reason for my trip South. I told Bob I wanted to see the boyhood home of Elvis Presley in the small town of Tupelo, the singer’s Bethlehem.
Guns, anti-Semitism, paranoid conspiracy theories — it never gets old.
It’s hard to think of music that is more foolishly impractical than jazz, even with its pursuit of lofty ideals.
Jess Walter is a writer capable of inspecting humanity’s foolishness and foul play, but he is rarely unkind to his dimmest characters. Even sociopaths get to explain what is going on in their minds.
How does Thomas Mann’s grandiosity hold up today? A new selection of his short stories, freshly translated by veteran translator and fiction writer Damion Searls suggests an answer, though only partially.
How can we create theater that practices critique and empathy in relation to climate change that simultaneously challenges and lifts us, provokes and provides a muscular hope?
In his centennial year, it’s difficult not to see that Norman Mailer’s literary standing is at an inflection point.
Here’s a personal list of the 25 most important, influential books about American cinema. Only one book per author.
Author Interview: Dr. Peniel E. Joseph on the Third Reconstruction and Hope for a Multiracial Democracy
Blake Maddux talks to Peniel Joseph about his latest book, “The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century.”
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