AN ANONYMOUS book about the war, described by its author as “A Diary of Disillusionment,” may not sound novel or attractive, but Karl E. Harriman, who vouches for the writer of the diary, was right in ...

These are unsettling times. And it might seem counterintuitive to suggest that one can find some inspiration in a film about war. But inspiration is exactly what I found this past week, when I sat ...

In “Consuming Place: Women, Wine and Imagination,” Janine Aujard examined how women in England and Australia experience wine drinking not just as a gustatory pleasure, but as a medium for engaging ...