The new album The Slow Rush will arrive on Valentine’s Day 2020, ahead of the band’s All Points East debut on May 23, where fans will hear…
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On Roy DeCarava’s Centennial, Two Photo Books Document His Legacy
In late October, on the last day of Roy DeCarava’s photography exhibition, “Light Break,” at the David Zwirner gallery in Chelsea, Sherry Turner DeCarava, the…
His Dark Materials: Philip Pullman on reason for changes from books – fans DON’T agree
Following The Golden Compass movie’s flop, His Dark Materials has finally received the screen adaptation it deserves. The whole trilogy is being made into a…
Revisiting Baldwin vs. Buckley
Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play Music | How to Listen In 1965, James Baldwin, by then internationally famous, faced off against William F. Buckley Jr.,…
A Book Version of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Is Even Darker Than the Movie
The great struggle for any artist — any great artist, anyway — is a philosophical skirmish in the context of a much larger war. Why…
New & Noteworthy, From Philosophy to New York Architecture
Recent releases of note: A HISTORY OF NEW YORK IN 27 BUILDINGS: The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis, by Sam Roberts. (Bloomsbury, $28.)…
His Dark Materials: Lord Boreal and Father MacPhail book change EXPOSED in pivotal scene
His Dark Materials has had a chequered past when it comes to its translation from the page to the screen. While other book series have enjoyed…
A Book Full of Reasons to Love Paris
THE SEINE The River That Made Paris By Elaine Sciolino I learned so much from this book. Elaine Sciolino is a graceful, companionable writer, someone…
ISIS Lost Mosul in 2017, but the Story Began Thousands of Years Ago
THEY WILL HAVE TO DIE NOW Mosul and the Fall of the CaliphateBy James Verini Read by Ray Porter “It makes no difference what men…
Side-splitting author Adam Kay reveals how he operates
Former doctor Adam Kay’s new book, Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas, recalls a chap who “wrapped his entire body in tinfoil to go to a…