Articles of Note

No figure in classical music is more iconic than the conductor, or more misunderstood. So what, exactly, do conductors do? You’ll know it when you hear it... more »

New Books

The spectacle of celebrity entertainment coming home to rot was Norman Mailer’s foremost topic. No doubt he would have written a Trump novel... more »

Essays & Opinions

“If they’re killing people for poetry, that means they honor and esteem it, they fear it, that means poetry is power”... more »