Prince of Pleasure

‘morton”has written a scholarly but highly readable bio, filled with rich analysis and insight. He says more in his limited space than many others could do with three times the…

Here on Earth

Here on Earth is a remarkably accessible and dramatic narrative about the history of our planet and the evolution of our species, written by Tim Flannery, one of the world’s…

George Washington’s Expense Account

Wrestling with Zion

“What is so very, very valuable about Wrestling With Zion is that it has given [the writers] a forum to say all of these things where they need not be…

Grove at Home: May 16-22

…and today we’re listening to the classic performance of his beloved song Mr. Tambourine Man that Dylan gave at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeP4FFr88SQ Thursday, May 20 Ian Black…

Grove at Home: November 1-7

…November 3 It’s Election Day! With tensions running high in all directions, we’d like to offer this, today, as a space to relax and enjoy some media that’ll help get…

Is There Still Sex in the City?

From the pioneering, New York Times bestselling author who brought us Sex and the City comes a wry, witty, and wise look at sex, dating and friendship in New York…

A Question of Mercy

“Beautifully considered, piercingly clear-eyed . . . Mr. Rabe, in a play that reestablishes him as one of America’s preeminent dramatists . . . has written an exquisitely controlled about…

Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs

“And certainly no one writing today of any generation has more news to relate than Vollmann, a rough-edged beast who has been slouching toward some millennial Bethlehem with a monstrous…

Jasmine

“A fable, a kind of impressionistic prose-poem, about being an exile, a refugee, a spiritual vagabond in the world today; Mukherjee has eloquently succeeded.” –The New York Times…