Books

In awe of the art of the essay

The essay has to be the best possible literary form for times of vaulting ambition and limited attention span.

Mark Rothko: Towards the Light in the Chapel

Little more light needed

Review: After Birth

Tiresome rant in foul-mouthed baby talk

The untold story of our friends

We'll Have Manhattan: The Early Work of Rodgers and Hart

Getting America singing

Review: Ismael and his Sisters

Vivid and violent picture of vulnerability