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
Kerouac at 100
He led readers to bohemian rhapsodies, then Buddhism
By Randy Rosenthal Thursday, March 10, 2022
Putin’s Gambit
What if Russia’s motives in Ukraine are even more insidious than we think?
By David Stromberg Wednesday, March 9, 2022
The Plot to Kill de Gaulle
Fred Zinnemann’s “clock management” in The Day of the Jackal
By David Lehman Saturday, March 5, 2022
A Ukrainian Story
Displacement is sadly nothing new for my family’s homeland
By Megan Buskey Saturday, February 26, 2022
The Prophecy of an Assassination
John Frankenheimer’s prescient 1962 film, The Manchurian Candidate
By David Lehman Saturday, January 22, 2022
If You Build It, Will They Still Come?
Scaling the border wall
By Eric Wills Monday, January 10, 2022
A Crash Course
The myth surrounding my beloved Aunt Myrtle only grew when she moved down South in the 1940s
By Kenneth A. McClane Thursday, January 6, 2022
