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Essay Gertrude Stein Reissues Focusing on the Artistic Process by Dina WeinsteinGertrude Stein (1874 – 1946) was a rule-breaking poet and writer, supporter of the arts, and salon hostess.The Poetry Foundation describes Stein as… Dina Weinstein June 30, 2014
Essay Novels and the Art of the Mauritshuis Earlier this week, Nina Siegal wrote about Asher Lev as a model for Rembrandt and being Jewish in Amsterdam. Her newest novel, The Anatomy Lesson, is now… Nina Siegal June 27, 2014
Nonfiction Dancing Jewish: Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance Rebecca Rossen
Nonfiction Tainted Glory in Handel’s Messiah: The Unsettling History of the World’s Most Beloved Choral Work Michael Marissen
Nonfiction Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations With the Great Women of Musical Theater Eddie Shapiro
Nonfiction Wilde in America: Oscar Wilde and the Invention of Modern Celebrity David M. Friedman
Nonfiction The New Diaspora: The Changing Landscape of American Jewish Fiction Victoria Aarons, Avinoam J. Patt, and Mark Shechner
Nonfiction Unstill Life: A Daughter’s Memoir of Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction Gabrielle Selz
Visual Arts The Wes Anderson Collection Matt Zoller Seitz; Eric C. Anderson, illus.; Michael Chabon, intro.
