Stephen Sondheim’s Art Stephen Sondheim’s Art
Despite beginning his career at the end of musical theater’s golden age, Sondheim helped bring the form to its artistic zenith.
Dec 1, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Shuja Haider
The Radical World of Chicago’s Black Comic Artists The Radical World of Chicago’s Black Comic Artists
An anthology of Black comic book makers from the the postwar era offers a glimpse into a genre of art that skewered the bigotry of white liberalism.
Nov 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Zito Madu
Kurt Vonnegut’s Prescient Insight Into Veterans’ Trauma Kurt Vonnegut’s Prescient Insight Into Veterans’ Trauma
Well before PTSD became an official diagnosis, his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five described the psychic wounds of war.
Nov 11, 2021 / Tom Roston
The Strange State of the Novel in the “Age of Amazon” The Strange State of the Novel in the “Age of Amazon”
A conversation with Mark McGurl about how the company changed the way books are written and the consequences of a service oriented reading culture.
Oct 28, 2021 / Q&A / Hannah Gold
Recent History Recent History
Reviewing the year, in stitches.
May 25, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt
Did ‘Cancel Culture’ Drive Richard Wright Underground? Did ‘Cancel Culture’ Drive Richard Wright Underground?
On “Memories of My Grandmother” and The Man Who Lived Underground.
May 20, 2021 / Joseph G. Ramsey
Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’ Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’
Reading poetry over the phone, David Ferry and loved ones find an antidote to loneliness.
May 5, 2021 / Elizabeth Emma Ferry and Stephen Ferry
Blake Bailey’s Life as a Man Blake Bailey’s Life as a Man
The disgraced writer’s Philip Roth biography is a document of a misogynist literary world. But I had to read the book to get the whole story.
Apr 28, 2021 / Katha Pollitt
Vivian Gornick in Reverse Vivian Gornick in Reverse
A conversation with the writer about her life and work.
Mar 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold
