Books & the Arts

Tina Fey Goes for Drama

Tina Fey Goes for Drama Tina Fey Goes for Drama

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a movie with neither highs nor lows.

Mar 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Ms. Grief

Ms. Grief Ms. Grief

Out of two new books, Constance Fenimore Woolson emerges as a figure of some dimension in her own right.

Mar 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Cairo: A Museum of Ghosts

Cairo: A Museum of Ghosts Cairo: A Museum of Ghosts

A visit to the Egyptian capital while government crackdowns are forcing many of its writers and artists to find a way out.

Mar 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ursula Lindsey

Missionaries of the Middle East

Missionaries of the Middle East Missionaries of the Middle East

How 19th-century American evangelicals came to have second thoughts about doing missionary work in the Ottoman empire.

Feb 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Guyatt

Ruth Rendell

Whodunit, Ruth Rendell? Whodunit, Ruth Rendell?

The British crime novelist’s work displays a growing acuity of psychological perception and an authority to her moral vision.

Feb 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor

‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure

‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure ‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure

Rafael Chirbes’s second work to be translated into English operates like a psychological health tonic: It’s corrosive going down, but afterward the effect is invigorating.

Feb 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

A photography class in a cabbage patch at Black Mountain College.

The Weirdness and Joy of Black Mountain College The Weirdness and Joy of Black Mountain College

Can the art of teaching art be exhibited? No, but people keep trying.

Feb 24, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Silver Swan

Silver Swan Silver Swan

The streets were old, but all the people were young, Striding forward with great purpose, Girls smiling openly in the faces of boys. Not every boy noticed, but we all kept walking…

Feb 18, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

Robert Craft (left) with Igor Stravinsky in 1966.

The Alter Ego of Robert Craft The Alter Ego of Robert Craft

For many years, the conductor was inseparable from the music and household of Igor Stravinsky.

Feb 18, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

The Federal Reserve’s Growing Power

The Federal Reserve’s Growing Power The Federal Reserve’s Growing Power

Can the jury-rigged arrangement between the US economy and its governing bodies last?

Feb 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk

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