Review
Blues singer Beth Hart wields the hammer of the gods with easy finesse but also deep emotion.
We now have a book that virtually closes the circle on Hemingway’s women, a biography that will be treasured by the author’s fans and scholars.
Martin Puchner is stumped because what is called for is a genuinely radical rethink about what role literature and literary studies should play in avoiding the global meltdown to come.
Joshua Harmon’s serious but not solemn play focuses on a Jewish family in Paris grappling with the rise of antisemitism.
This first-rate performance highlights the special attractions of the “half-serious” operatic genre.
Forty years down the line, looking both backward and forward with its latest formation, Gang of Four still knew how to live a bit dangerously.
Never mind the faint of heart, Mimi Cave’s first feature isn’t for people with weak stomachs.
Despite some occasionally far-fetched situations, Inventing Anna tells a fascinating story about conning the upper class.
This most timely new translation of Sallust’s The War Against Catiline describes the ancient version of a phenomenon we will recognize instantly: a cold-blooded grift transmuted into terrorism posing as patriotism.

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