On Book
August Wilson’s play just hit the big screen, but even greater rewards await on the page
By David A. Taylor Monday, November 25, 2024
The Baritone as Democrat
How Lawrence Tibbett prophesied the Metropolitan Opera crisis of today
By Joseph Horowitz Thursday, November 21, 2024
Writer on Board
The cruise story from Twain to Shteyngart
By Thomas Swick Thursday, September 5, 2024
Nights at the Opera
Long before he wrote his masterly novels, Stendhal was transformed by the power of music
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, August 15, 2024
A Terrifying Delight
Following Robert Frost into the depths
By Mark Edmundson Thursday, June 27, 2024
Consummated in Exile
A new recording of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances conveys the breadth of the 20th-century composer’s life’s journey
By Joseph Horowitz Friday, June 14, 2024
Stereotypes and the City
What to make of HBO’s attempts to diversify an iconic show?
By Sharon Sochil Washington Thursday, April 25, 2024
Ripeness Is All
What may be the fate of classical music’s new superstars?
By Joseph Horowitz Thursday, April 11, 2024
Voices of the Displaced
The plight of Ukraine’s refugees in Poland
By Megan Buskey Thursday, May 12, 2022
Ku Klux Khaki
The far right’s signature style is less about dad pants and more about fatherhood
By Augustine Sedgewick Saturday, April 30, 2022
What I Don’t Know
At the heart of my family tree are only questions and mysteries
By Lynne Sharon Schwartz Thursday, April 14, 2022
The Story of a Stare Down
How two antagonists from Tudor England ended up facing each other on Fifth Avenue
By Penelope Rowlands Thursday, April 7, 2022
A Prophecy Unfulfilled?
What a new book and six companion videos have to say about the fate of Black classical music in America
By Mark N. Grant Saturday, April 2, 2022
Footnotes to Jefferson’s Idea of Happiness
We are free to pursue it, but what does it mean?
By Max Byrd Saturday, March 26, 2022
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times
The people of Poland step up
By Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough Saturday, March 19, 2022
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
Footage from a war and the effects on your brain
By Richard Restak Thursday, March 17, 2022
View from the Mesa
A scientist and pacifist looks back at what Los Alamos has wrought
By Jeffrey Kovac Saturday, March 12, 2022
