My review of Winfred Rembert’s memoir, Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South, is posted at At the Seawall…
My review of Ali Smith’s novel Summer is online at The Millions. One thing I’ve loved about Ali Smith’s Seasons Quartet is that they include…
Something about palimpsests teases the imagination, with artists and observers discovering and creating them in different media. Following are palimpsests created by artists and by…
In a remote mountain village above the town of Como, two powerful women secured the fame of the “Popess.” Read part 3/3 on Rainer Maria…
A holy woman and a soldier connect the poet Rainer Maria Rilke with the Popess of one of the earliest extant tarot decks. Read part…
A gleaming thread, gossamer yet firm, connects the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and an odd and enigmatic artwork from late medieval Northern Italy. Read part…