The New York Review of Books (November 14, 2024) – The latest issue features The Second Coming – Disinhibition will be the order of the day in Donald Trump’s America.
The Second Coming
Disinhibition will be the order of the day in Donald Trump’s America. By Erin Maglaque
Soundscapes of the Silenced
In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification. Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.
“A Veil of Silence: Women and Sound in Renaissance Italy” by Julia Rombough
In Search of Fullness
In his new book, the philosopher Charles Taylor looks at modern poetry as a unique record of spiritual experience in a secular age.
“Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment” by Charles Taylor