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Jennifer Michael Hecht’s Irremovable Soul [by Stephanie Paterik]
Jennifer Michael Hecht is “a minor famous atheist,” as she puts it. Her bestselling book Doubt: A History made her a cult figure among skeptics and catapulted her into the public speaking circuit. At…
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Bob Dylan, DJ
From Sean Wilentz's new book, Bob Dylan in America, on Bob Dylan's radio show, which ran from May 2006 through April 2009 and is still available in reruns (on satellite radio) and accessible on…
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October [by Lera Auerbach]
I opened the windows on a dark orchard. Trees were guarding the movement of branches. And with the bitterness of October rennet apples I opened the windows on a dark orchard. The funeral…
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Krapp’s Last Tape at the Duchess: a trinket-free zone [Katy Evans-Bush]
"A voice comes to one in the dark. Imagine." I just got back in from an amazing thing. Through a fluke, I was lucky enough to get two very cheap last-minute tickets to see…
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The Ring-Ring Cycle: Art, Telepathy, Telephone, and Poetry
Rebecca Campbell and Nicole Walker had the smart idea of posting — on Huffington Post — a work of visual art one day, a poet's response on day two, a painter's response to the…
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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender
Yes, it’s Oktoberfest, which means beer selections in a faux Gothic type so ornate you can’t read it, as if Germany had a corner on the Middle Ages. Okay, printing press and all that,…
