The Critic's Notebook

The latest releases, from novels to memoirs, history to poetry.
Exhibitions to see in New York and beyond.
Concerts, albums, and news from the music scene.
On Rachmaninoff, D. Stanley Dixon, ancient languages & “Acts of Faith.”
On wokeism, Manet and Degas, Balanchine, Selinunte & more from the world of culture.
On the Hispanic Society of America, Brett Taylor, shape-note singing, the English landscape & more from the world of culture.