Bringing out the dead.

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• Karlheinz Stockhausen In every sense, the composer was on a different wavelength.
  Matthew Guerrieri Dec. 21, 2007
  
• The Devil and Ike Turner Parsing his hits.
  Donald Fagen Dec. 17, 2007
  
• Elizabeth Hardwick, 1916-2007 How the extraordinary critic read fiction.
  Jim Lewis Dec. 6, 2007
  
• Evel Knievel The daredevil who jumped and bragged his way to stardom.
  Steve Mandich Dec. 4, 2007
  
• The Pugilist at Rest Norman Mailer's performance comes to a close.
  Jim Lewis Nov. 12, 2007
  
• When I Sang With Pavarotti A soprano remembers working with the great tenor.
  Jane Eaglen Sept. 6, 2007
  
• Hold That Shot The languorous, achingly hip films of Michelangelo Antonioni.
  Dennis Lim July 31, 2007
  
• Rock Star The indelible cinema of Ingmar Bergman.
  Dana Stevens July 30, 2007
  
• John Szarkowski The great hidden influence on photography.
  Jim Lewis July 10, 2007
  
• Boris Yeltsin, 1931-2007 A genuine man of transition.
  Anne Applebaum April 23, 2007
  
• High-School Vonnegut Some authors you never outgrow.
  Liesl Schillinger April 13, 2007
  
• Not Just Camelot's Historian The vibrant scholarship of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
  David Greenberg March 1, 2007
  
• A Chair To Remember The marvelous furniture of Hans J. Wegner.
  Witold Rybczynski Feb. 14, 2007
  
• Funny Woman What I learned from Molly Ivins.
  Dahlia Lithwick Feb. 2, 2007
  
• Her Silence Spoke Volumes The importance of Tillie Olsen.
  Jess Row Jan. 8, 2007