Christopher John Stephens
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In Dylan's 'Rough and Rowdy Ways' Everything Old Is New Again, Again
Bob Dylan's first album of original material since 2012, Rough and Rowdy Ways, is a suitably grim, brilliant collection of ten songs for our dark times. → Read More
Some of One World's Comfort Songs Are Off-Key
One World: Together at Home and what our choice of anthems says about how we cope with a crisis. → Read More
On the Socially Conscious Filmmaker, Sidney Lumet
Maura Spiegel's biography provides a thorough and compelling look at the life and films of the progressive New York icon filmmaker, Sidney Lumet. → Read More
Do We Already Know the Answer to the Question, 'Are Men Animals?'
Matthew Gutmann's Are Men Animals is and interesting but flawed, rushed look at masculinity that suffers from digressions and an unwillingness to be as political as it could have been. → Read More
Do We Already Know the Answer to the Question, 'Are Men Animals?'
Matthew Gutmann's Are Men Animals is and interesting but flawed, rushed look at masculinity that suffers from digressions and an unwillingness to be as political as it could have been. → Read More
'Adults and Other Children': The Bitter and the Sweet
The similes in Miriam Cohen's impressive debut short story collection, Adults and Other Children, are perfectly attuned to the essence of her characters. → Read More
John Hodgman Is Flying High in Memoir, 'Medallion Status'
TV star/writer/podcast host -- just don't call him a standup comic -- John Hodgman tackles class aspiration and other inconveniences in his memoir, Medallion Status. → Read More
Dave Eggers' 'The Captain and the Glory' Barely Stays Afloat
Dave Eggers' latest is a slim satire about the sinking ship of Donald Trump and the potential sinking of the glorious ship of State. → Read More
'Mister Rogers and Philosophy', for the Children Now Grown
Mister Rogers and Philosophy considers reality, fantasy, and our philosophical role in both worlds of the long-running PBS children's program, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. → Read More
Object Lessons' 'Email' May Already Be Obsolete
Before there were dashed-off emails, there were dashed-off postcards. Randy Malamud laments the loss of a romanticized notion of letter writing that few actually practiced in his installment of Bloomsbury's Object Lessons, Email. → Read More
Object Lesson's 'Magnet' Attracts and Repels
Rules of attraction and magnetism in our universe, the stars, and our selves in this latest volume from Object Lessons, Magnet. → Read More
'Famous People' Splashes in the Puddle of a Shallow Pop Star
'Famous People' splashes in the puddle of a shallow pop star. → Read More
American Dreams, Schemes, and Delusions: On Norman Rockwell's Art and Social Consciousness
Tom Rockwell's Afterword in the reissue of Norman Rockwell's My Adventures as an Illustrator takes pains to suggest that the awakening of his father's social consciousness was probably only possible after leaving The Saturday Evening Post. → Read More
Approach 'John Updike: Novels 1959-1965' with Indulgence, Patience, and Caution
The Library of America's new edition of John Updike's first four novels will engage -- and challenge -- contemporary readers. → Read More
David Bowie and 'Strange Stars' by Jason Heller
Jason Heller's Strange Stars, on David Bowie and sci-fi, is an exciting and loving look at a time when infinite wonder had a role in the pop music marketplace. → Read More
'Impossible Saints' Is an Empathetic Portrayal of a Starry-eyed Suffragette
This telling of fictional suffragette Lilia Brooke could use more politics, less romance. → Read More
'Working for the Man, Playing in the Band' Works Hard at Its Story
The difficulty of balancing brief but numerous accounts of Brown's mental instability with the thrill of playing in his band makes for an inconsistent reading experience. → Read More
'Working for the Man, Playing in the Band' Works Hard at Its Story
The difficulty of balancing brief but numerous accounts of Brown's mental instability with the thrill of playing in his band makes for an inconsistent reading experience. → Read More
One Life, Breathlessly Lived: On Artist and '70s Scenster Duncan Hannah's Memoir
Things get hazy with drugs and bloody with violence, but Hannah remains happy. → Read More
One Life, Breathlessly Lived: On Artist and '70s Scenster Duncan Hannah's Memoir
Things get hazy with drugs and bloody with violence, but Hannah remains happy. → Read More