Top of the Stack
Miller’s Tale
Arthur Miller, Lion in Winter
The Front Page
The Doobie Brothers—From the Top
Which Doobie, You-be?
Ron Rosenbaum Champions “Pale Fire”
Why this novel by Vladimir Nabokov was the “Novel of the 20th Century”
David Mamet’s Hard Sell
The first Broadway production of Mamet’s masterpiece was no sure thing.
Al Pacino: Out of the Shadows
How one of the great actors of his era went underground in the 1980s.
Shoplift Lit: You Are What You Steal
Ever wonder which books get stolen most from bookstores? Some will surprise you.
“Portnoy’s Complaint” by Philip Roth Looms as a Wild Blue Shocker and the American Novel of the Sixties
Philip Roth on the verge of celebrity.
The Notorious Libby Holman
Libby Holman, the consummate torch singer, never understood why almost every man she touched died violently. She had the opposite of the Midas touch, but lived a fascinating, doomed life.
Tom Stoppard, Nonstop
“Hello, I’m from journalism. I’ve come to inspect you. Take off your clothes and lie down.”
Death of a Playmate
The Dorothy Stratten Saga, the true story behind “Star-80.”
The Essential Ron Rosenbaum: Part Two
Another Master Class.
What Might Have Been
Bobby Jones and the Fight for Racial Justice in Golf
Seeing Catch-22 Twice
“People speak too narrowly when they talk of Catch-22 as a satire of humanity. It’s that, yes, and there are few better. But it’s really a vicious satiric attack on God, as much as his poorly made creatures.”