I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced reader copy (ARC) of Gayle Brandeis’ new book, Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss. I was excited to read this book, having read ...

Henry (Bill) W. Scovill II (1913– 1996), Norman Rockwell with "The Art Critic" studies in his Main Street, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, studio, 1955, photograph, 8 × 10 inches (all images courtesy ...

“By its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe,” says Ishmael, in Chapter 42 of Herman Melville’s masterpiece. “It” is whiteness—the color of Moby-Dick, an ...