The Life Behind the Dance
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time by Hilary Spurling. Hamish Hamilton, 2017 (Knopf 2018). Hardcover, 509 pages, $29.70. Reviewed by James Baresel Over four decades ago the novelist Anthony Powell asked his friend Hilary Spurling if she was willing to be his...
The Last Years of Theodore Roosevelt
TR’s Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, The Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy by David Pietrusza. Lyons Press, 2018. Hardcover, 424 pages, $35. Reviewed by Carl Rollyson TR’s Last War is about an ex-president who believed he could not retire from history. Too...
He Knew the Reason We Fight
Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard by Cynthia L. Haven. Michigan State University Press, 2018. Paperback, 346 pages, $30. Reviewed by Patrick Kurp In their 1941 short feature In the Sweet Pie and Pie, Larry, Curly, and Moe are ex-cons hoping to marry three...
The Neighborliness Not Taken
Won’t You Be My Neighbor directed by Morgan Neville. Tremolo Productions, 2018. Running time: 1 hour, 34 minutes. By Ryan Shinkel The neighborhood could have never been that friendly. There must have been scars or tattoos underneath all his sweaters, my fellow...
I can’t believe it’s already been 3 years since Gerald’s passing. If you didn’t know him, Gerald was the first person to ever encourage 22-year-old me to write a book review. I thought “why does anyone care what I think about a book?” That’s who he was for so many young writers
Join us TOMORROW! Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase advanced copies of "How Do You Do It? The Selected Works of Gerald Russello."
This Wednesday in NYC: Rusty Reno will speak on "The Conservative Paradox: Mourning and Gratitude " at the Bookman's Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture. RSVP here:
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