“Here was a three-foot-high stack of Village Voices, there an equally high pile of New York Times Arts sections. Then the shelves: New Yorkers to the left, Downbeat Magazines to the right…”

The Joy of Print, The Bear, James Parker, Colson Whitehead, Geometree.

“But then came vacuum tubes and transistors and Gibson Les Paul’s and Hammond B-3’s and Mr. Microphone!”

Taking It Outside, Tony Bennett, Maria Schneider, The Iguanas, A Winter Walk.

“But like so many things these days, my mental reach exceeds my practical grasp. I plan to read much more than I actually read.”

Summer Reading Edition!: Library optimism, The Perils of Story, Rebecca Makkai, Translation, Alexandra Petri.

“Hate-Watching” is so….MTV’s The Real World. Welcome to the restorative world of Hate-Reading.

Distractions in the Style Section, Die-hard Classicists, Lucinda, Finnish summer, A New Leaf.

Road trip to Western Wisconsin, Theatrical Music at American Players Theatre, Dr. John bids farewell, Roadside peaches.