A Little White Death

“John Lawton is so captivating a storyteller that I’d happily hear him out on any subject. . . . Meticulous artistry . . . The Chekhovian echo brilliantly captures the…

Solitary

The extraordinary saga of a man who, despite spending four decades in solitary confinement for a crime of which he was innocent, inspired fellow prisoners, and now all of us,…

Father’s Day Reads: The Technologist

…to his first novel, searching for a form that will express the world as it has become. Pop-up ads, search results, web chats, snippets of conversation, lines of code, and…

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

Our Lady of the Flowers

“Elegiac elegance, alternately muted, languorous, vituperative, tender, glamorous, bitchy, lush, mockingly feminine, “high camp,” overripe, vigorous, rigorous, exalted. . . . A remarkable achievement.” –The New York Times Book Review…

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…

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…