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The complete Open Letters Monthly Archive.
Last week on NBC's Meet the Press, Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, was asked to give his opinion about an advertisement the Obama campaign has been running. It was a cover story for days. It was a complete waste of everyone's time.
Read MoreThe real mystery of Richard III is not the fate of his nephews, the Princes in the Tower, but why we never tire of telling and re-telling his story. What do we really see when we stare at his enigmatic portrait?
Read MoreThe Artemis Quartet brings forth a brilliant recording of Schubert's string quartets 13, 14, and 15 -- that plus three notable new releases of the music of Shostakovich
Read MoreIn pre-war Peking, a young girl is brutally murdered, and an investigation is working against time as Japanese forces converge on the city. But the girl's father wants justice, even if he has to find it himself.
Read MoreA towering landmark of epic fantasy literature is re-issued in a pretty paperback!
Read MoreAn interview with Kim Newman, author of the fantastic "Anno Dracula" series of novels!
Read MoreIn the sequel to Kim Newman's great "Anno Dracula," the evil Count wages war - the First World War, to be exact - with the living!
Read MoreThe steady rush of talented new pianists can be overwhelming. Norman Lebrecht helps locate the gold from the dross.
Read MoreThe closest thing to a genuine 'moose-whisperer' finally gets around to writing the Bible on the species!
Read MoreCan an enormous budget save an old, defunct board game about an old, defunct class of warship? Ask Mr. Anderson!
Read MoreA sensible young widow tries hard not to fall in love with a dashing young playwright in the latest offering from good old Harlequin Romances!
Read MoreThe first volume in a magisterial new two-volume biography of the greatest Renaissance artist of them all!
Read Morethe third and final reprint-volume of one of the greatest creative runs on Marvel Comics' beloved title "The Avengers"
Read MoreA popular French book about the daring assassination of a Nazi official in 1942 receives an English translation
Read MoreFour new recordings celebrate the oft-forgotten Russian composer Mieczylaw Weinberg. Norman Lebrecht reviews.
Read Morea lush new time-travel romance arrives just in time for summer
Read MoreThe latest collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp is very nearly un-dead on arrival, according to our guest-poster, movie blogger John Anderson!
Read MoreA lively new personality-driven look at the centuries of Roman rule in the British Isles
Read MoreThe posthumous memoir of a beloved Southern writer
Read MoreThe well-spoken son of a lesbian couple becomes a YouTube sensation - and an author.
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