Ed Meek
One of the fears of poets and, I imagine, all writers, is that you’ll reach a certain age and you’ll run out of gas.
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Despite its occasional confusions, this is poetry I will return to — to re-experience A.E. Stallings’ wit, wisdom, and word-smithing.
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Nausheen Eusuf’s deep affection for language and sound is omnipresent.
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Steven Pinker’s book is a welcome antidote to the Trump era, when we are inundated, daily, with an avalanche of negative and disturbing stories.
Read MoreFollow almost any of these police brutality cases to their realpolitik conclusion and you will eventually work your way back to a monstrous truth.
Read MoreManhattan Beach feels acutely relevant despite being set in the past.
Read MoreWarren Slesinger’s approach to poetry is experimental but skillful as well as entertaining.
Read MoreSet in Boston’s rock scene during the ’80s, the mystery World Enough serves up plenty of compelling entertainment.
Read MoreTom Perrotta zeroes in on liberal pieties, a sure way to spice up the fun he has with our current cultural obsessions.
Read MoreNaomi Klein argues that the more anxious we are, the more vulnerable we are to politically opportunistic manipulation.
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Music Commentary: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest versus French Quarter Fest