The terrifying first capture in Africa. The deadly crossing of the Middle Passage. The brutality of slave markets and servitude. It’s almost impossible to imagine, let...
Some plays are bouillabaisses, crammed with everything a playwright can put in the pot. Even if it means splattering the stovetop, these stories are going to...
In theory we don’t play favorites among the books we recommend here — we love all our children equally, there’s something for everyone, et cetera —...
Frigid storms, heaps of snow and subzero temperatures are not exactly pleasant to live through, but winter weather can make for an irresistible setting for a...
A few years ago, during the Ojai Music Festival in California, the pianist Vikingur Olafsson was having a couple of beers with the composer John Adams...
In June 1972, Judge Roth ordered a broad integration plan, which included such prosperous suburbs as Grosse Pointe and Bloomfield Hills in the same “metropolitan” school...
“Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Angelina Jolie — oh my God, there’s been so many,” a young waiter standing at the front of...
