What would be the athletic and psychic pressure affect the first publicly Out gay male tennis player to compete at…
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Stephen Sondheim was known for his furtive nature and as Daniel Okrent reveals in ‘Art Isn’t Easy’ the composer would…
Xochitl Gonzalez’s latest work of fiction, “Last Night in Brooklyn” is an unconventional coming-of-age novel with a vibrant ensemble cast…
“Ye cannae believe I don’t speak the Gaidhlip,eh?” jokes Ella, matriarch of a Scottish family in crisis and the quiet…
Andrew Durbin’s dual biography of photographer Peter Hujar and artist Paul Thek is a captivating portrait of two rebels with…
Former ballerina Gavin Larsen and photographer Gene Schievone have collaborated on a stunning dance book titled ‘Infinite Steps’ with photographs…
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa died at age 89 in 2025. His massive literary output during his career included novels,…
Nina Wise’s By This Light is produced with a delicate touch. It floats like refined incense, filling space with a clean, crisp,…
Wil Haygood’s ‘War Within a War’ covers the many injustices that confronted Black soldiers fighting to keep Vietnamese people free…
In 2024 composer-pianist Michael Stephen Brown was in residency at Yaddo, the artist retreat in Saratoga NY. He was among…
The origins of queer hate is investigated in Harry Tanner’s history ‘The Queer Thing About Sin’ in a detailed analysis…
The rise and demise of the Weimar Republic is the subject of two startlingly timely books- Harald Jahner’s aptly titled …
Susan Cheever’s ‘When All the Men Wore Hats’ is a moving portrait of her famous father and sequel (sort of)…
Staying in the present is an adage and advice easily and often given, but hard for most to execute. It…