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Arts and EntertainmentApril 7, 2017
Laetitia Sadier’s New Alliance
The Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble is a great argument for the type of experimentation that only comes from a solid knowledge of music history and decades of experience making it.
Erin Vanderhoof
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MusicFebruary 16, 2017
Austra’s Ear for the Moment
The band’s new album calls for the future by harkening to the past.
Erin Vanderhoof
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Books and IdeasAugust 12, 2016
Leaving Home to Go Home
Yaa Gyasi’s ideas about fiction are suffused with her lifelong attention to the fluctuating shadows that race casts on American life.
Erin Vanderhoof
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Literary CriticismJune 17, 2016
What Rebecca Schiff Knows
Her most obvious forebear in minimalist stories is Lydia Davis. But Schiff is certainly charting her own path.
Erin Vanderhoof
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FictionMay 20, 2016
Stephen O’Connor Dreams of Thomas Jefferson
Even as it condemns Jefferson for his immoral conduct, O’Connor’s novel still holds him up as a hero.
Erin Vanderhoof
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Arts and EntertainmentMay 9, 2016
Beyoncé With the Good Art
Is it possible that the most hyped pop performer of our era could also be avant-garde?
Erin Vanderhoof
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Books and IdeasApril 19, 2016
Callan Wink’s New West and Old Feelings
In Dog Run Moon, disaster strikes everyone, even those who are right living.
Erin Vanderhoof
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Books and IdeasMarch 22, 2016
Her Name Is Lucy Barton
For all the plot devices that novelist Elizabeth Strout uses, My Name Is Lucy Barton’s successes rest on the protagonist’s voice.
Erin Vanderhoof