Search Results for: American
The Blues Brothers
by Daniel de ViséThe story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular…
Down the Highway
by Howard Sounes“Sounes [has] produced [a] fascinating and finely written account of Dylan’s life and times, while managing at the same time to provide interesting evaluations of his music and cultural contribution.”…
Death in a Strange Country
by Donna Leon“This series has become one of the adornments of current crime fiction. A gem.” —The Scotsman…
The Last Crossing
by Guy Vanderhaeghe“[Vanderhaeghe is] a Dickensian sensationalist. His flair for the lurid can be exquisite. . . . Epic novels can be loose, baggy monsters, but this one is stuffed with enough…
The Best of It
by Kay Ryan“Melancholy lucidity is Ryan’s greatest gift, and it can be heard in all her most successful poems. But her most startling discovery is that melancholy, with its tendency to brood…
Celebrating Black History Month
…changed the world to hot new historical novels, debut voices to past masters, stories of the American West to narratives of the U.K., Sierra Leone, and beyond. Happy reading —…
Grove at Home: April 11—17
…shot during a performance of Tom Taylor’s Our American Cousin at Washington’s newly opened Ford’s Theatre. It had been only days since a Union Victory at the Battle of Appomattox…
Grove at Home: March 28-April 3
…tradition. This perspective makes many Americans uncomfortable, but I felt it was important to counter the dominance of the ‘well-intentioned American’ argument, particularly as a Vietnamese refugee. People like me…
Grove at Home: March 23-27
…frets about Russian hacking and election interference, there is little consequence for Americans of Russian heritage. When officials express fears over China or other Asian countries, Americans immediately turn to…
Grove at Home: January 31-February 6
…Lichtman is a historian, and his book White Protestant Nation offers an urgent, profoundly elucidating look at the past hundred years of American conservatism. Lichtman is also the creator of…
