For Robyn Hitchcock, the psychedelic call of 1967 inspired a lifetime of music
…or a slightly older student at a local art school, a few years from his own musical career but already possessing “the aura of a sage.” His name: Brian Eno….
Ace Atkins creates an unforgettable detective and an intimate portrait of Memphis in Don’t Let the Devil Ride
…very first novel, Crossroad Blues, and have always found it to be the cultural epicenter of America. Blues, soul, rock ‘n’ roll, Elvis Presley, Al Green. Great barbecue and soul…
Novelist Jill Ciment reconsiders her own story
…months after she begins the relationship with Arnold, she submits a portfolio to California Institute of the Arts consisting of “charcoal drawings of explicit sexual acts from the vantage point…
Andre Dubus III’s essays are probing and deeply personal in the collection Ghost Dogs
…and feelings of inferiority it caused; when it comes to wrestling demons, he’s usually willing to pick a fight. All of which makes for a compelling collection. It helps, of…
Crusading newspaper editor Carl Magee comes alive in compelling biography Citizen Carl
…killed a man. In almost any other life, it would have been the defining moment, overshadowing all else. In Magee’s life, the incident almost had an inevitability about it, and…
Poet Jenny Qi on what shapes her work
…thrived there academically, she also had to deal with her mother’s terminal illness, somehow juggling school with trips home to Las Vegas to help provide care, an experience she wrote…
