‘Specimen Days’ Is Both an Ode to Walt Whitman and Its Own Portrait of America
Michael Cunningham’s 2005 novel jumps between centuries and genres as it explores the yearning for transcendence and the importance of noticing.
‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film.
A new adaptation is having its stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, featuring three star singers, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Kelli O’Hara.
We’re Reading Michael Cunningham’s ‘Specimen Days’ With the Author
Join us Dec. 8 for a virtual conversation on this novel about love, yearning, transcendence and America.
Three Divas Give Voice to ‘The Hours’ at the Met Opera
Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato discuss their preparations for the staged premiere of Kevin Puts’s work at the Metropolitan Opera.
Candace Bushnell, Hanya Yanagihara and More on Their Favorite New York City Novels
These writers, who have themselves set fiction in the city, weigh in on novels by others who have done the same.
Review: ‘The Hours’ Will Bring Renée Fleming Back to the Met
Kevin Puts’s new opera had its premiere in a Philadelphia Orchestra concert presentation before coming to New York this fall.