How to Defend Democracy from Itself: On Steve Erickson’s “American Stutter, 2019–2021”
Charles Taylor reviews Steve Erickson’s diary of the pandemic years, “American Stutter, 2019–2021.”
Charles Taylor reviews Steve Erickson’s diary of the pandemic years, “American Stutter, 2019–2021.”
Edna Ferber’s 1952 best seller “Giant” prefigured the ugly truths that lie at the core of Trumpism.
Charles Taylor considers Terry Southern's "Blue Movie," which Grove Press recently rereleased in a 50th-anniversary edition.
Barack Obama’s new memoir is a book hiding within a book.
Charles Taylor reviews the restoration and Blu-ray release of the 1965 documentary “Tokyo Olympiad,” centered on the 1964 Olympics.
Charles Taylor reviews “This Is Pleasure,” the new novella from Mary Gaitskill.
Charles Taylor explores the historical and cinematic resonances of Edward Norton’s adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s novel, “Motherless Brooklyn.”
Charles Taylor is moved by Edna O’Brien’s new novel, “Girl.”
Charles Taylor marvels over "Amazing Grace."
"Transit" offers the unreassuring thrill of a reasonable, intelligent person having the nerve to say, clearly, just how bad he thinks things are.
Reading Frederic Tuten's "My Young Life," you’re aware of just how easily this might have been a dilettante’s memoir.
Charles Taylor catches up with "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez.