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Like 'The Gilded Age,' 'The Club' is about art and privilege
Art historian and podcaster Jennifer Dasal explores a little-remembered enclave for female artists in 19th century France.
July 14, 2025
Review: That time a politician was caned and almost killed on the Senate floor
Nonfiction: “Charles Sumner” is an engrossing new biography that shows Congressional incivility is nothing new.
June 3, 2025
Review: A spirited biography of ‘odd,’ ‘visionary’ Paul Gauguin
Nonfiction: Radiant look at the “Wild Thing” illuminates the artistic bridge between the 19th century and modernism.
May 10, 2025
Review: A ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ journalist sheds new light on Malcolm X
Nonfiction: Mark Whitaker’s cultural history explores the legacy of a singular American life.
May 5, 2025
Review: A bold new way of looking at ‘America, América’
Nonfiction: A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian brilliantly reimagines the enduring conflict between the two Americas.
April 26, 2025
Review: He’s a commoner but he could be a British king in ‘The Pretender’
Fiction: Jo Harkin’s novel about a fight for the throne is a stylish, profane delight.
April 14, 2025
Review: An unnerving man changes the life of ‘Audition’ heroine
Fiction: Katie Kitamura’s new novel is a glittering work of illusion and desire.
April 7, 2025
Review: ‘The Californians’ include a painter, a film director and an art thief
Fiction: Brian Castleberry’s epic is an exuberant romp through the art of the American Century.
March 8, 2025
Review: A bold new way of looking at ‘America, América’
Nonfiction: A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian brilliantly reimagines the enduring conflict between the two Americas.
April 26, 2025
Review: He’s a commoner but he could be a British king in ‘The Pretender’
Fiction: Jo Harkin’s novel about a fight for the throne is a stylish, profane delight.
April 14, 2025
Review: An unnerving man changes the life of ‘Audition’ heroine
Fiction: Katie Kitamura’s new novel is a glittering work of illusion and desire.
April 7, 2025
Review: ‘The Californians’ include a painter, a film director and an art thief
Fiction: Brian Castleberry’s epic is an exuberant romp through the art of the American Century.
March 8, 2025