Perry Mason jars
A brutal backstory for HBO’s decadent detective
Books & Arts
Statues and limitations
How we can reckon with the past without destroying it
Purple podcasters
The sensible center drives the woke to the edge of reason
Cormac McCarthy, brutal but brilliant
The harshness and hope of an American master
Meet the Mozarts
The family that plays together…
Mountain heir
To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace by Kapka Kassabova reviewed
Last of the red-hot lovers
Great Demon Kings: A Memoir of Poetry, Sex, Art, Death, and Enlightenment by John Giorno reviewed
The spy’s spy
From CIA officer to thriller-writer: the shadowy world of J.R. Seeger
Guerra goes to war
After the waiting, the barbarians arrive
Human after all
Singer, patriot and pioneer of social distancing, Morrissey is once again a star