Best Of: Louis Armstrong's Early Years / Our Anti-Social Century
We talk with author Ricky Riccardi about how Louis Armstrong became the first Black pop star and provided the foundation of improvisation for other musicians. Riccardi's book is Stomp Off, Let's Go.
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The Rise of the Passive Spectator
The famed twentieth-century photojournalist Weegee was just as fascinated with tragedy—fires, car crashes, murders—as he was ...
Mel Bochner, Conceptual Artist Who Played With Language, Dies at 84
His early work made use of unexpected materials like pennies and masking tape. Later, he created trenchant word paintings ...
The Election Just Ended and We Already Have a New Michael Wolff Book
In “All or Nothing,” the Trump biographer shows that he is his favorite subject’s perfect twin. Nicolas Niarchos is a ...
Could AI understand Nietzsche? Maybe with the help of these scholars.
If you’re confused by a turn of phrase in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” or a startling metaphor in Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” just ask the book to explain itself, and it will.
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The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...