Around the start of the seventeenth century, a new sense of the word “harmony” emerged. To that point, harmony in music had been produced by the pleasing opposition of two melodies according to the principles of counterpoint. In the 1600s, “harmony” began to denote the non-melodic . . . . Continue Reading »
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Michael Lind’s The New Class War is sure to be one of the most important political books of the new decade. Like many recent publications, The New Class War explains the rise of populism and the decline of liberalism across the West. But it succeeds where others fail. The . . . . Continue Reading »
In the summer of 1970, Elizabeth Hardwick may have been the best nonfiction prose writer in America, just as Jim Hines was the fastest man alive and Joe Frazier was the heavyweight champion of the world. She was the queen mother of the New York Review of Books, one of its four cofounders and . . . . Continue Reading »
Hemingway’s little-known play Today is Friday is a haunting depiction of Christ's crucifixion. Continue Reading »
The result of diversity was always going to be disappointing. Continue Reading »
How does a writer respond to disaster? After the Quake is Murakami’s answer. Continue Reading »
Eric Gill and Roman Polanski are both guilty of revolting crimes. But should we be punished by being deprived of the results of their undeniable talent? Continue Reading »
Mary VanderGoot’s Broken Glass was my nighttime reading last month. Continue Reading »
These books deserve more widespread, in-depth attention. Continue Reading »
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