Ward Sutton's cartoon review looks at Marian Anderson's historic Lincoln Memorial concert.

The allure of the classic rags-to-romance tale has proven a lot more durable than a glass slipper.

From Jerusalem to India to the realm of opera queens.

Michael Dirda on Goethe's penetrating tale of four lovers at cross purposes. Read more...

Jerry Coyne's case for the centrality of evolutionary theory is also a wonderful introduction to the subject. Read more...

The lure of nostalgia isn't the only thing that makes writing about baseball so tough. Read more...

In this month's cartoon review Ward Sutton looks at Under Their Thumb, the true tale of a Brooklyn teenager's improbable trip into the inner sanctums of the Rolling Stones.

The roar of the engines can get your heart racing.

Philosopher A.C. Grayling debuts his new column The Thinking Read. Read more...

Portraits of suburban despair, an apostle of love, and a disciple of anarchy. Read more...

The brash singer's sophmore effort revels in wit over drama. Read more...

The exuberantly inventive career of an Enlightenment genius. Read more...

In the debut of a new feature, Ward Sutton looks at The Women, T.C. Boyle's novel on the life of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Setting supernatural gifts to the tasks at hand. Read more...

From gallery to museum, music history to musical performance. Plus, striking new fiction. Read more...