By: Peggy Nelson

Translating passion for animals into passionate advocacy.

By: Brian Berger

An inspired, slurry vocalist of darkness and wit.

By: Adam McGovern

The archetypal brand of the iconic mass-culture chanteuse.

By: Alix Lambert

On a mission to end genocide and crimes against humanity.

By: Devin McKinney

Rock’n’roll and soul infused with humor, gravity, and sex.

By: Mark Kingwell

His horn rendered a neurotic Scott Fitzgerald beauty in sound.

By: Gary Panter

He consumed humanity and spit out a mirror.

By: Joshua Glenn

Her Maida Books are feminist science fiction.

By: Joshua Glenn

His Fu Manchu yarns succeeded by stoking readers’ fear of a Yellow Peril.

By: Tor Aarestad

His study of the cultural practices and mentalité of the poor was transformative.

By: Peggy Nelson

“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant — even I want to be Cary Grant.”

By: Joshua Glenn

“And see the earth, a spurnèd pebble, fall —”

By: Mike Fleisch

Bolger’s flailing rubber legs made sense in The Wizard of Oz.

By: Adam McGovern

He skims the event-horizon of listenable music and bearable emotion.

By: Brian Berger

A composer in search of ambivalence and revelation.