Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism

Satchmo’s iconic voice and evocative horn sing out in Thomas Brothers’s trenchant study of Armstrong’s shift from New Orleans sideman to worldwide sensation, while race, food, and romance form the rhythm.

Thirty Girls

Susan Minot weaves the plight of a passel of teenage Ugandans captured by a guerilla group with the experiences of a Western journalist, offering a multivalent take on chaos and cruelty in a tumultuous country.

When in Greece…

February 18: “How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea.”  

Trash Talk

“Two years ago, officials battling litter and rats in New York City subway stations started a little experiment: Take away trash bins…. MTA officials plan to extend the program to 29 more subway stations along the J and M lines later this...