Vietnam Plays Vol 1 [Basic Training]

Fallen Order

“A sordid tale of pederast priests and blind-eye bishops: a headline fit for today, that is 350-odd years old. . . . Liebrich’s account shows not only that priestly abuse…

Grove at Home: March 14-20

…particular American manifestation of race. When I was growing up in San Jose, California in the 1970s and 1980s, I was growing up in an atmosphere of sort of denying…

Grove at Home: February 28-March 6

…the unavailability of squid) Yesterday, we shared book critic Ron Charles’s appearance on “CBS This Morning” last weekend, where he sang the praises of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Committed, on…

Grove at Home: February 14-20

…may be a reference to Eve in the Garden of Eden or to Leda and the swan. In any case, Picabia lets us know that he’s not buying the sanctity…

Grove at Home: February 7-13

…brief clips filmed at San Francisco’s legendary City Lights Books not long before Cassady’s death in 1968 at the age of 41, Ginsberg converses with Cassady — who unleashes a…

Grove at Home: January 24-30

…“The Last Flight of Petr Ginz,” an astonishing film by Sandra Dickson and Churchill Roberts that celebrates Petr’s life and art through animations made from his own drawings. Here’s a…

Grove at Home: January 10-16

…anniversary of literary critic Susan Sontag’s birth. Today, we’re preparing by watching this interview, in which known genius Michelle Dean talks with PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown about Sharp, her resounding…