Walker Percy

Book Review: Rereading Walker Percy’s “The Moviegoer”

It’s Walker Percy’s subversive strategy to stick us with a decided non-hero and have us gradually appreciate his non-participatory status.

Michael Schmidt January 23, 2020 at 3:39 am on Arts Remembrance: A Tribute to Poet and Writer John AshJohn had in fact given up alcohol and had been dry, I believe, for a couple of years. He had...
Bruce McPherson January 22, 2020 at 3:30 pm on Arts Remembrance: A Tribute to Poet and Writer John AshLovely piece on John, Vincent. Spot on. I knew him during his New York years.
Daniel Gewertz January 19, 2020 at 12:29 am on Music Commentary: Ken Burns’ “Country Music” — Superb Cinematic StorytellingThanks for your comment, Matt. I somehow didn't see it until these months later. Lefty Frizzell is just the sort...
Amy January 18, 2020 at 11:19 pm on Theater Review: “Coyote on a Fence” — Drama on Death RowI would love to see this show again, is it being performed anywhere in the USA in 2020??
Daniel Gewertz January 17, 2020 at 9:06 pm on Jazz Remembrance: Jack SheldonWow! I knew a few of his records, mostly as a sideman, but never the full story of a man...