‘The Liar’s Dictionary’ Is A Clever Delight For Language Lovers
Eley Williams tells the story of two word-mad characters who work for the same dictionary publisher 120 years apart. This novel is perfect for anyone...
Fran Lebowitz’s ‘Pretend It’s A City’ Is The NYC Trip You Can’t Take Right Now
The show features the humorist’s conversations with Martin Scorsese on many topics, Manhattan in particular. “If I dropped the Hope Diamond on the floor of...
Glimmers Of Hope: A 2021 Poetry Preview, Part 1
This year, critic Craig Morgan Teicher says American poetry has become too big for just one person to cover, so he’s invited five colleagues to...
Car Concerts Offer Choirs A Way To Rehearse And Perform
This car choir solution is one that accomplished baritone David Newman came up with so that ensembles could sing “together.” The method uses microphones, a...