What You Don’t Know About Male Brains
Manifold facts presented and explained.
Robert Birnbaum
What Is It Good For?
Karl Marlantes’s “Matterhorn,” set during the Vietnam War, reads like today and yesterday.
When I’m 64
On his putative birthday, Our Man in Boston puts down the book and offers a buffet of thoughts.
Hors d’Oeuvres With Wittgenstein
Philosophical ideas shoehorned into everyday life.
Sounds of Silence
Kyle Gann argues for inclusion of Cage’s 4′33" in America’s trove of cultural icons.
The Dark Side
Championship basketball coach Nolan Richardson’s amazing story.
Big Cheese
What does a cheesemonger write about? Three guesses.
Our Favorite African War
Rob Crilly argues that George Clooney, Mia Farrow, and other do-gooders haven’t done so good.
A Lop Bam Boom!
Poet David Kirby crafts a righteous paean to Little Richard.
Who Knows?
A few books on depression, drugs, and diagnoses—what’s it all about?