Features
Friday, January 25 2013
The Best Non-Fiction of 2012
Memoirs in graphic novel form blur the line that snakes between non-fiction and fiction; humorists and pulitzer prize winners delight, inform and terrify us; the real world, artfully penned, opens itself into a book, vulnerable, yet daring us to look. Here is the best of what we saw.
Thursday, December 20 2012
The Best Music Books of 2012
This year's best books about music include thought-provoking reads on how music works, in-depth histories of the underground, and soul-searching autobiographies from legendary (and not-so-legendary) performers.
Friday, November 16 2012
Reinventing Bach
An electrifying story of how musicians of genius have made Bach’s music new in our time, at once restoring Bach as a universally revered composer and revolutionizing the ways that music figures into our lives.
Reviews
Wednesday, November 21 2012
Listening to Bach, Hearing the World: Paul Elie's 'Reinventing Bach'
The story of how Bach's music was revived through modern recording technology makes for a dazzling read.
