The Wisdom of Oscar Hammerstein II: A Conversation with Laurie Winer
Joy Horowitz speaks with Laurie Winer about her book “Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical.”...
Joy Horowitz speaks with Laurie Winer about her book “Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical.”...
Joy HorowitzNov 22
Todd Shy reviews Lawrence Buell’s “Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently” and Robert D. Richardson’s “Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives.”...
Todd ShyNov 7
Chris Yogerst reviews Scott Eyman’s “Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided.”...
Chris YogerstOct 26
George Stanica speaks with Zachary Leader, the biographer of novelist Saul Bellow....
George StanicaOct 18
Tahneer Oksman reviews Meg Kissinger’s “While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence.”...
Tahneer OksmanOct 2
Katherine Robinson reviews Mark Wormald’s “The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes.”...
Katherine RobinsonAug 19
Victoria Baena reviews Clare Carlisle’s “The Marriage Question: George Eliot’s Double Life.”...
Victoria BaenaAug 15
Clare Carlisle analyzes the theme of marriage in the life and work of two great 19th-century thinkers and writers, George Eliot and Søren Kierkegaard....
Clare CarlisleAug 14
Shoshana Olidort reviews Pleiades Press’s “Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master,” edited by Dana Levin and Adele Williams....
Shoshana OlidortAug 12
Hollis Robbins reviews Vincent Carretta’s “Phillis Wheatley Peters: Biography of a Genius in Bondage” and David Waldstreicher’s “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence.”...
Hollis RobbinsJul 30
Tim Riley reviews Laurie Winer’s “Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical.”...
Tim RileyJul 6
Michele Willens reviews Tom Brokaw’s “Never Give Up: A Prairie Family’s Story.”...
Michele WillensJun 29
Chris Molnar reviews Howard Fishman’s “To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse.”...
Chris MolnarJun 21
Tim Riley reviews Warren Zanes’s “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska.’”...
Tim RileyJun 9
Martha Anne Toll reviews Jennifer Homans’s “Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century.”...
Martha Anne TollJun 4
Koritha Mitchell discusses her research for a scholarly edition of Harriet Jacobs’s “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.”...
Koritha MitchellMay 30
John Phipps reviews two highly revealing new books about the late John Le Carré....
John PhippsApr 8
Matthew Mullins reviews Reza Aslan’s “An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville.”...
Matthew MullinsMar 26
Claire Calderón reviews Nona Fernández’s “Voyager: Constellations of Memory,” translated by Natasha Wimmer....
Claire CalderónMar 8
James Penner interviews John Densmore, drummer for the Doors....
James PennerJan 7
Jim Downs reviews Carole Emberton’s “To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner.”...
Jim DownsJan 2
Aynne Kokas reviews two recent books about the intersection of China and Hollywood: Ying Zhu’s “Hollywood in China: Behind the Scenes of the World’s Largest Movie Market” and Daryl Joji Maeda’s “Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee.”...
Aynne KokasDec 27, 2022
Joani Etskovitz explores the genres at play — from astronomy and mythology to self-help and romance — in Dr. Moiya McTier’s “The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy.”...
Joani EtskovitzDec 24, 2022
Luke Warde reviews Keiron Pim’s new biography “Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth.”...
Luke WardeDec 24, 2022