Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio, a cellist takes us bedside with the sick and the dying. By Alexandra Jacobs ...
In this column, I talk a lot about the digital resources that your local library has to offer. However, sometimes the best surprises happen at your library when you simply walk through the doors. For ...
Four months after Hitler took power, women lost their reproductive rights. Abortion, which had been decriminalized in 1927—an era when pregnancy commonly endangered a woman’s life—was completely ...
So, did you know that Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman has a book club? If you didn’t know that before, you definitely do now, and her October 2024 Book Club pick is something readers can’t get ...