Dispatch
“AI word slop,” by Joshua T. Katz
On Friday, at the annual meeting of the American Dialect Society (ADS) in New Orleans, a vote will…
The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Nonfiction: Britain’s Imperial Histories, by Jeremy Black (St. Augustine’s Press): The historian …
Paintings & Puritans
When New Year’s Eve comes around, what do you want at the opera house? The Merry…
The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Nonfiction: Francis I: The Knight-King, by Glenn Richardson (Reaktion Books): Beloved by the French…
Lilies of the lagoon
In the spring of 1908, Claude Monet was in crisis. Since the universally acclaimed exhibition of his…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “The Lost Generation”Jacob Savage, Compact Jacob Savage’s recent exposé may…
No swans on the Tiber
Lohengrin, the first Wagner opera to be produced in Italy, has long been a staple of the Italian…
What cheer!
My latest podcast is a Christmas podcast—music “of the season” and “for the season.” (I did not mean…
The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Nonfiction: Marcus Aurelius: Philosopher-King, by William O. Stephens (Reaktion Books): “A king’s…
A burning passion
“Muddle Instead of Music” was the title of an anonymous review of Dmitri…
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