Review
Exuberant is the right word for A.B. Yehoshua’s new novel, not only because of the story’s pile up of characters and events, but also for its prose.
This kind of informed appreciation of a much-maligned writer of brilliance is a treasured relief.
The great lyricist behind the Disney renaissance receives a moving tribute.
It’s entertainment genius to turn our new normal into something topical and terrifying.
Claudia Rankine comes off like a disgruntled but interesting guest at a dinner party who keeps turning the conversation back to subjects that make others uncomfortable but are well worth talking about and seriously examining.
A dozen feature films — none made less than 35 years ago — that best capture the American campus experience and spirit.
Marked by a blended mastery of multiple genres — from jazz and R&B to hip-hop — Dinner Party is a perfect album for a time of pandemic, police brutality, and an uncertain future.
It didn’t take long for this eminently readable and bingeable collection to draw TV adaptation attention.
Leave it to guitarist Bill Frisell — he always knows where the musical goodies are to be found.
Book Review: A Troubling yet Timely Screed — America’s Debilitating “Meritocracy Trap”
Though its prose veers into academic rough patches, the volume does what it sets out to do, brilliantly portraying how the delusive demon of meritocracy has led America into its current socioeconomic quagmire.
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