New World Prophecy
Dvořák once predicted that American classical music would be rooted in the black vernacular. Why, then, has the field remained so white?
By Joseph Horowitz Friday, September 13, 2019
Head Cases
Field notes on a beautiful friendship
By T. M. Luhrmann Tuesday, September 3, 2019
And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks by Lawrence Weschler
Moral Courage and the Civil War
Monuments ask us to look at the past, but how they do it exposes crucial aspects of the present and has an inescapable effect on the future
By Elizabeth D. Samet Tuesday, September 3, 2019
The Great Convergence
How continental art and literature went global
By Anka Muhlstein Tuesday, September 3, 2019
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture by Orlando Figes
Reflections on a Silent Soldier
After the television cameras went away, a North Carolina city debated the future of its toppled Confederate statue
By Robin Kirk Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Image Is Not Everything
A definitive portrait of a celebrated American intellectual
By Steven G. Kellman Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser
The Crisis of University Research
Academia’s pursuit of corporate and government dollars has undermined its commitment to learning
By Richard Drake Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Spirits in the Material World
Two new books consider the past and present of Christendom
By B. D. McClay Tuesday, September 3, 2019
A Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy Egan Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World by Tom Holland
New World Prophecy
Dvořák once predicted that American classical music would be rooted in the black vernacular. Why, then, has the field remained so white?
By Joseph Horowitz Friday, September 13, 2019
Head Cases
Field notes on a beautiful friendship
By T. M. Luhrmann Tuesday, September 3, 2019
And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks by Lawrence Weschler
Moral Courage and the Civil War
Monuments ask us to look at the past, but how they do it exposes crucial aspects of the present and has an inescapable effect on the future
By Elizabeth D. Samet Tuesday, September 3, 2019
The Great Convergence
How continental art and literature went global
By Anka Muhlstein Tuesday, September 3, 2019
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Cultureby Orlando Figes
Reflections on a Silent Soldier
After the television cameras went away, a North Carolina city debated the future of its toppled Confederate statue
By Robin Kirk Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Image Is Not Everything
A definitive portrait of a celebrated American intellectual
By Steven G. Kellman Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Sontag: Her Life and Workby Benjamin Moser
The Crisis of University Research
Academia’s pursuit of corporate and government dollars has undermined its commitment to learning
By Richard Drake Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Spirits in the Material World
Two new books consider the past and present of Christendom
By B. D. McClay Tuesday, September 3, 2019
A Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy EganDominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World by Tom Holland
