Cory Oldweiler

Contact

Latest from Cory Oldweiler

Review: Whodunit in ‘Perspective(s)‘? Would you believe Michelangelo?

Fiction: Laurent Binet creates an intelligent murder mystery set in Florence, Italy, during the height of the Renaissance.
March 31, 2025
FILE - In this April 16, 2005 file photo, tables and chairs line the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in preparation for the conclave. Five centuries after Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes were inaugurated at the Sistine Chapel, at least 10,000 people visit the site each day, raising concerns about temperature, dust and humidity affecting the famed art. But a Vatican Museums official said in the Vatican newspaper Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 that there are no plans to try to limit tourists' access.

Review: ‘Twist’ hints that the more we reach out, the more isolated we are

Fiction: Irish writer Colum McCann considers our era of “unfathomable isolation” via a tale about technology and communication.
March 18, 2025
photo of author Colum McCann

In ’After the North Pole,' explorer chronicles impossible challenges

Nonfiction: An engaging history of the quest to reach the North Pole from a Norwegian explorer who knows all about extreme trips.
February 3, 2025
photo of author Erling Kagge

A look at the trailblazing musicians who came ‘Before Elvis’

Nonfiction: A wide-ranging look at several pioneering Black artists from the Memphis scene who influenced the music and career of Elvis Presley.
January 7, 2025
photo of smiling woman

Stop us if you’ve heard this one: Grizzled loner and kid make their way in an unforgiving land

Fiction: Imaginative post-apocalyptic journey in “The Way” is more focused on the ends than the means.
November 29, 2024
photo of author Cary Groner

Review: Haruki Murakami is in fine form with ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’

Fiction: The novel is a fantastical consideration of life, love and longing from the revered Japanese author.
November 27, 2024
photo of author Haruki Murakami

Love, war and the birth of many of the world’s most beloved artworks in ‘Paris in Ruins’

NONFICTION: It’s a precise, engrossing account of the artistic and military environment that preceded the emergence of the Impressionist movement.
September 4, 2024
photo of author Sebastian Smee

From Japan, a novel about a girl who makes new friends and rides a hippo to school

FICTION: In “Mina’s Matchbox,” a girl lives with her aunt’s family for a year and discovers a world of knowledge and mystery.
August 14, 2024
photo of author Yoko Ogawa

Stop us if you’ve heard this one: Grizzled loner and kid make their way in an unforgiving land

Fiction: Imaginative post-apocalyptic journey in “The Way” is more focused on the ends than the means.
November 29, 2024
photo of author Cary Groner

Review: Haruki Murakami is in fine form with ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’

Fiction: The novel is a fantastical consideration of life, love and longing from the revered Japanese author.
November 27, 2024
photo of author Haruki Murakami

Love, war and the birth of many of the world’s most beloved artworks in ‘Paris in Ruins’

NONFICTION: It’s a precise, engrossing account of the artistic and military environment that preceded the emergence of the Impressionist movement.
September 4, 2024
photo of author Sebastian Smee

From Japan, a novel about a girl who makes new friends and rides a hippo to school

FICTION: In “Mina’s Matchbox,” a girl lives with her aunt’s family for a year and discovers a world of knowledge and mystery.
August 14, 2024
photo of author Yoko Ogawa
Back to Top