The Novels Don’t Change, But We Do
Rereading those works that matter to us proves that books read us even as we read them
Happily Ever After
The folk tales gathered by the Brothers Grimm not only enchant us; they record the hardships European families endured for centuries
Rock of Ages
Forty years after their deaths, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin now seem part of the mainstream culture they rebelled against
Offbeat at the Apollo
Elvis Costello’s cable TV show, Spectacle, ranges across musical genres and centuries
The Meaning Behind the Lines
How Ibsen’s toughness and Chekhov’s tenderness transformed American playwriting and acting
From Oppressed to Oppressors
The Battle of Algiers took a pitiless look at the war for Algerian independence, but the filmmakers could not foresee the failures that would result
Good Thing Going
Stephen Sondheim only looks better with time
War Weary
If Iraq is not another Vietnam, why do I find myself rereading Dispatches?
