Review: The Marauders, by Tom Cooper
The Marauders by Tom Cooper Crown, 2015; 320pp “Of course he knew that searching for an island of marijuana was crazy. But he also knew that every so often fools stumbled upon fortune, whether...
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Building a House of Cards: An Interview with Beau Willimon
“Event television” has been replaced by a new phenomenon in recent years, and that’s in no small part thanks to Beau Willimon. On February 1, 2013, Netflix released the entire...
read moreCurtain Call: One Simple Rule
Psychosis. Architecture. Rock music. Dead stars. Racial politics. Could this be another Seriously Entertaining show from the House of SpeakEasy? You might think that; we couldn’t possibly...
read moreLife on the Farm: A Dark, Disturbing Thriller
The Farm by Tom Rob Smith Grand Central Publishing, 2014; 400pp You’re walking home. You get a phone call from your father. He’s upset. Your mother has been committed to an asylum....
read moreThe Life and Death of the Hollywood Actress
Dark Sparkler by Amber Tamblyn Harper Perennial, 2015; 128pp “It’s not easy to write about your dead peers,” said Amber Tamblyn in an interview with Rachel Simon at Bustle published this...
read moreThe Argument From Design
The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak Viking, 2014; 432pp In a world of inter-religious conflict, plague, and natural disasters, the most elegant teleology may be found in architecture....
read moreReadEasy, 3 April 2015
ReadEasy is a new feature for 2015, diving for pearls in a sea of noise. John Adams's "dazzling portrait of virtuosic femininity" @nyphil this week: http://t.co/MxhTjO85CI (Photo:...
read moreReview: Scheherazade.2 (World Premiere)
Scheherazade.2 — Dramatic Symphony for Violin and Orchestra (2014) by John Adams New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall; conducted by Alan Gilbert; soloist Leila Josefowicz World premiere:...
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There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll by Lisa Robinson Riverhead Books, 2014; 368pp In Cameron Crowe’s 2000 movie Almost Famous, the rock critic Lester Bangs offers some elder-brotherly...
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Soho Rep’s An Octoroon written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Sarah Benson Theatre for a New Audience, Brooklyn, New York City running till Sunday, March 29 The fact that the Oxford...
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