Archive for August, 2009
Jackson Lears: on Obama’s Sorrows of Empire
Click to listen to Chris’s conversation with Jackson Lears (49 minutes, 23 mb mp3)
Jackson Lears‘ cultural history, Rebirth of a Nation, from the Civil War to World War One, is the flip side of Louis Menand’s dazzling take on the same period, The Metaphysical Club (2001).
Jackson Lears: “our historian of yearning”
Menand …
New Music at Tanglewood: Beauty’s Turn
Shape, polish, craft -- and sheer beauty to the ear -- are the "news" from the 20-something composers at Tanglewood this summer.
Jeff Klein’s Excellent Adventure in Gaza
An excellent adventure in Gaza: Jeff Klein, a retired machinist from Boston, went to see the Palestinian beachhead on the Mediterranean and came back with human stories of an open-air prison.
