Either way, if Trump’s candidacy is a problem, pundits on the right and left have thought of it specifically as a “white trash” problem.

Viertel tells many backstage stories about how the directors and composers managed to avoid a disaster, sometimes only a few hours ahead of opening night.

Sometimes a bit controversial, but always balanced, Rausch regularly gets to the heart of the matter in each topic he considers.

McFarlane says that she is “drawn to moments when people do things that are mysterious even to themselves.” The best-realized stories here are charged with these moments.

Julian Borger, a journalist for The Guardian newspaper, has written a book that displays the virtues and the limits of a reporter’s account of the world.

St. Pope Gregory the Great is treated in three sections: first as an ascetic theologian and monk, then as a pastor and selector of pastors and finally as a Roman prefect.