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2025 turned out to be a feast year for devotees of soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. The music found on both of these releases could be thought of as exemplifying three areas Bloom has explored in depth and refined to purity.
Applying a litmus test to art — in this case ideological sanitizing — inevitably diminishes the art.
Appreciations of three remarkable translated works that have preoccupied me for months.
The title of this revelatory book might suggest that it’s limited to uncovering the deficiencies and biases of a particular profession. But “The Coroner’s Silence” is far more than that.
“Unfinished” supplies a thoughtful analysis of the relationship between music, musicians, and AI.
An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.
This week’s poem: Martine Bellen’s “To Think Snow: A Meditation”
Sometimes the stranger is someone who is very well known to us, like a father whose strange ways include a devotion to a certain story about a childhood in Wales.
Our critics supply their TV favorites of 2025.
Visual Arts Commentary: John Singer Sargent — A Particular Sort of Loner
Viewing John Singer Sargent and his art through the lens of identity studies and LGBTQ history supplies new insights into claims about his homosexuality.
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