The Disappearing Modernists
Where did it all go wrong for so much music of the 20th century?
By Mark N. Grant Thursday, August 4, 2022
Different People, Different Stories
On the complexities of lumping psychiatric patients into categories
By Kathryn Tabb Monday, August 1, 2022
he Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind by Noga Arikha
The Original Influencer
Hilary Hallett on the enduring impact of Hollywood tastemaker Elinor Glyn
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 29, 2022
Last Rites and Comic Flights
A funeral in a 1984 Japanese film offers moments of slapstick amid the solemnity
By Pico Iyer Thursday, July 28, 2022
Take Two Shots and Call Me in the Morning
Camper English on when alcohol was the cure
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 22, 2022
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, January 13, 2025
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christopheby Marlene L. Daut
The Writer in the Family
The fiction of E. L. Doctorow gave a young man hope of connecting his father and his literary hero
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The Weight of a Stone
Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology
By Megan Craig Thursday, January 2, 2025
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully