Books

Coming Soon: Fresh Podcasts, Writing, and Experiments in Live Video Discussion

by Andrew Hazlett September 28, 2010

Watch this space for new writing and new podcasts, including an interview with Mark Lamster on his book Master of Shadows: The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens. Beginning in early December, The New Modern will be hosting a series of experiments in live video discussion of ideas, books, history, the arts, and [...]

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Karen Armstrong’s Case for God

by Andrew Hazlett December 13, 2009

Religion poisons everything… God is a delusion… the end of faith… these are phrases lately found among the burgeoning supply of books by “new atheists” who take arms against a sea of holy rollers and jihadis.  In an age of faith-based politics, resurgent creationism, and religious terrorism, aggressive atheists like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and [...]

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Louis Armstrong: Terry Teachout’s stirring new biography of the jazz icon

by Andrew Hazlett November 23, 2009

Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout. The new biography of the jazz icon gets a rave review in the New York Times.

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