Charles Shafaieh

Charles Shafaieh is a freelance arts journalist and critic. A regular contributor to The Daily Beast, his work has also appeared in Slate, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Music & Literature, Public Books, and other publications. He lives in New York City, where he is on the editorial staff of The New York Review of Books.

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Curtain Up

How Fire Island Got Its LGBT Theater Back

Carson McCullers helped organize the first productions at Cherry Grove Community House and Theater in the late 1940s. This summer the theater’s $1.5m restoration will be complete.

Charles Shafaieh

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AT LAST

A Nobel Winner’s Lost Novel

In life, José Saramago refused to see his once-rejected book Skylight published. Now, after his death, the once “lost” book is available for all to read the writer’s younger work.

Charles Shafaieh

New & Notable

This Week’s Hot Reads

A whirlwind of a book from the master of Haitian letters, an account from the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and the favorites of an editor at France’s most impressive publishing house.

Charles Shafaieh

In Brief

This Week’s Hot Reads: April 14, 2014

A 15th century slave’s monologue, a sheepherder’s confrontation with mysterious violence, and a clear-eyed look at the Mormon Church’s fraught origins.

Charles Shafaieh

Secrets

This Week’s Hot Reads

From a portrait of an upscale New York City kitchen and its motley crew to a spy thriller set during the Chinese Communist Revolution.

Charles Shafaieh