Or Else We'd Cry: Jonathan Wilson's "Kick and Run"
"Kick and Run" by Jonathan Wilson contains much more than deep thoughts on the nature of soccer and Judaism.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Re-re-reading Gore Vidal: A First Anniversary Requiem
A remembrance of what he really stood for.
The Super Chief
Van Dyke Parks remembers a 1957 train ride from Princeton to Pasadena.
You’re Not Alone
Franzen can’t help but give voice to his despair, but neither does he give it the last word, choosing to place his faith in the ruggedness of comedy.
Cinematic: Roger Ebert's "Life Itself"
Since Ebert’s prime, everything has changed.
Dissent: Liu Xiabo's "No Enemies, No Hatred"
In the forefront of calls for democracy in China, Liu has engaged in various forms of dissent.
Mixed Memories
They make one rule: 'Each day, we had to do at least one thing that was forbidden.'
Greeneland
Raymond Chandler once said that great writing, whatever else it does, nags at the minds of subsequent writers.
Golden Age
Art Therapy
At the center of this maelstrom of sexual expression and experimentation, Kusama staunchly maintained her identity as auteur, not as participant.
Discoveries: John Jeremiah Sullivan
Surviving the Cultural Revolution: Xiaoda Xiao’s “The Visiting Suit”
Xiao's powerful memoir of his years at a forced labor camp is written in unflinching, unadorned prose that ably conveys the horrors he witnessed.
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