Article Uncle Sam without Whiskers Readers with an eye for American history will discover a fascinating account of the intersection of war and celebrity in a new book on Bing CrosbyBy Andrew J. BacevichFebruary 14, 2019 Music Movies Foreign Affairs War and Peace
Article Cracking a Smile at Death A new memoir by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy plumbs the depths of middle age, including fatherhood, creativity, loss, death, and GodBy Austin MeekJanuary 26, 2019 Music Nonfiction Death and Dying
Article Complicated Sounds A freewheeling memoir from the 1940s explores the underground world of jazz music, forcefully probing both class consciousness and racial identityBy Dominic PreziosiDecember 31, 2018 Music Race Social Justice Nonfiction
Article Ars Gratia Artist? Disparities in cultural production require redress. But need artistic imagination be limited?By Rand Richards CooperNovember 25, 2018 Art Fiction Poetry Music Social Justice
Article Lady Sings the Chants A new book explores the thick atmosphere of religion surrounding Billie Holiday, tracing the fluid relations of music and faithBy Katherine LuckySeptember 7, 2018 Music Books Race
Article Ageless Authenticity What impressed itself most on listeners in 1968, and continues to today, is the album’s utter authenticity, giving other artists permission to be truer to themselvesBy Steve FuttermanJuly 27, 2018 Music
PoliticsSuiting Up for Team Racist Bishop Stowe spoke up about the racism of Donald Trump’s MAGA campaign, and spoke the simple truth. Let’s hope it’s the start of a trendBy Mollie Wilson O'ReillyFebruary 7, 2019
ReligionNarrowing the Universal Church Recent debates in higher education over who counts as an “authentic Catholic” have the unintended effect of splintering the universal Body of ChristBy Julia G. YoungFebruary 6, 2019
CultureSomewhere Else Mammon can never be God. We need ways of valuing ourselves and our neighbors that are not indexed to the marketBy Ian Marcus CorbinFebruary 10, 2019
BooksSurviving Survivalism Westover tells the story of her soul, not her accomplishments. Becoming an individual through paideia, she discovers herself as a relational beingBy Mike St. ThomasFebruary 1, 2019
CollectionsWhy We Came. Why We Left. Why We Stay. The Catholic faith is first of all a gift, one a person must choose to keep; the days of Catholicism by default are behind us By The EditorsDecember 3, 2018
