Creating Under Tyranny: 5 Books On Artistic Response To The Nazi Regime (AmReading.com)

“It is not the office of art to spotlight alternatives, but to resist by its form alone the course of the world, which permanently puts a pistol to men’s heads.” (Theodor W. Adorno) Long have artists – whether they be literally artists, or musicians, or writers – found themselves entangled in politics and through their…

Against The List: 11 Books By Women Every Man Should Read (AmReading.com)

As recently bemoaned in the Times Literary Supplement, for centuries lists have tried to dictate how and what we read. Of course, it’s nice to be offered suggestions, a guiding hand along literary paths we might otherwise not discover by ourselves, but unfortunately that guiding hand has more often than not been male – and…