Review
For those ready to make the investment, “The Double Standard Sporting House” is a fascinating look inside a complex and compelling world.
When big business steps on a small man, watch out!
“Prison Abolition For Realists” makes a strong case for persevering in a contest that will probably take a long time to win.
Jazz Album Review: Kris Davis Expresses Environmental Grief Through Music in “The Solastalgia Suite”
In its evocativeness, shapeliness, and meaningful drama, “Solastalgia Suite” is Kris Davis’s masterpiece… so far.
Given the current administration’s attacks on independent journalism, “Cover-Up” couldn’t be timelier.
David Szalay’s novel focuses on a current type of western male: one whose emotional growth and adult development are stunted or limited by his inability to express himself and understand who he is.
Lynda Nead’s meticulous, competent, and impressively researched approach gives the work weight without making it ponderous; “British Blonde” seems destined to serve as a text for classes in gender or cultural studies.
Nicholas Tochka is less interested in crafting a coherent portrayal of Charles Manson’s “musical lives” than in connecting his critical hypothesis of “the invention of the Sixties” to critical theories.
“Balanchine Finds His America” is written primarily in the present tense, so that reading the book is like watching a never-to-be-repeated dance performance.
The performances made one thing clear: what had in Mozart’s day been a failed musical venture now makes for show-stopping pageantry.
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