Culturekiosque Nouveau: Books

Reviews of books.

Most recent features:

Telling Truth While Talking Trump

In whole or in part, four recent books address the current U.S. president's tenuous command of reality and his troubling take on truth. Phil Revzin reviews.

28 Aug 2018

Book Review: White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

Bubbas, rubbish, scum, crackers - America's history is replete with nicknames for its poorest white citizens. Melinda Nuss shares her thoughts on White Trash, a perhaps overly-ambitious attempt to put that particular cultural identity into perspective.

Book Review: 'Dark Money'

It should come as no surprise that Candidacy plus Cash equals Corruption. Nevertheless, Jane Mayer's new book shines a light into some of the darkest recesses of political influence peddling in America. Philip Revzin shares his review.

Book Review: Judging Books And Their Covers

German graphic design reached its zenith during the Weimar years. A new tome from Taschen copiously documents the book designers' achievements.

Book Review: The Annotated Brothers Grimm Bicentenntial Edition

Harvard scholar Maria Tatar has added six new tales to this deluxe anniversary edition of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's popular, but often gruesome German folk tales.

Book Review: Stella Adler on American Master Playwrights

Acting coach to Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Warren Beatty, Annette Benning among many others, the legendary Stella Adler dissects American theatre classics in a companion volume to her book on the master European playwrights Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov.