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Anime Confronts a New Apocalypse

The death of the manga artist and animator Leiji Matsumoto in February, at the age of eighty-five, marked a sad moment for his fans around the world. His œuvre ran the gamut from teen romances and erotic comedies to the…

Kara Jackson’s Plaintive, Playful Folk Songs

Kara Jackson.Photograph by Lawrence Agyei Poets who write about music, or play music, or simply love music, may sometimes get asked to explain what separates a poem from a song, lyrically, and I have yet to find an answer that…

Ahmad Jamal Was a Modest Colossus of Jazz

The musician Ahmad Jamal, who died on Sunday at the age of ninety-two, was a modest colossus of jazz who subtly cast his musical imagination across a wide spectrum of forms and ideas. What’s more, he did so precociously, making…