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A Jewish biography of Bob Dylan
December 15, 2009
Of the writing of Bob Dylan books, there is no end. Now, after all these years, somebody has written a…
Southern fried music
December 11, 2009
The Oxford American, the “Southern magazine of good writing,” has released its 11th annual music issue, “True Soul & Other True…
The new gurus
September 27, 2009
In last week’s New York Times Sunday Styles section, Allen Salkin reported on the emergence of a “new wave” of…
Realizing Eliade’s Dream
February 24, 2008
Francis Ford Coppola has made Eliade whole again. He has given him back to us. Youth Without Youth is a…