Book Reviews
Tales of Mercy and Sacrifice
An Italian scholar’s exploration of the Hebrew Bible
by Randy Rosenthal | Monday, January 24, 2022
The Book of All Books ·
New York Was Very Heaven
The midcentury newcomers who reshaped the art world
by Andy Grundberg | Monday, January 17, 2022
The Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly: Portraits and Sketches, 1942–2011 ·
Master of the Esoteric
A new biography of one of the past century’s most eclectic writers
by Charlie Lee | Monday, December 20, 2021
Literary Alchemist: The Writing Life of Evan S. Connell ·
Mightier Than the Sword
A celebrated cartoonist looks back on his singular life and career
by Jerome Charyn | Monday, December 13, 2021
Profusely Illustrated: A Memoir ·
A World Weird and Wondrous
A classical music star offers a peek behind the curtain
by Wynne Delacoma | Monday, December 06, 2021
The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera ·
The Burden of Guilt
A plea for grace and forgiveness after a terrible crime
by Lara Bazelon | Wednesday, December 01, 2021
The Uninnocent: Notes on Violence and Mercy ·
Hoping for Recovery
The long struggle to explain and treat drug dependency
by Charlotte Bismuth | Wednesday, December 01, 2021
The Urge: Our History of Addiction ·
The Capital of Self-Reliance
How a backwater became a philosophical powerhouse
by Anne Matthews | Monday, November 29, 2021
The Transcendentalists and Their World ·
Touché-ing the Void
How can we live only to die?
by John Kaag | Monday, November 22, 2021
The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning ·
Visible Man
A writer whose early speculative fiction made him famous
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, November 15, 2021
The Young H. G. Wells: Changing the World ·
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