Best Of: Pianist Jeremy Denk / Columnist Frank Bruni

MacArthur “genius” grant winner Jeremy Denk talks about what he learned from his piano teachers, his pivotal artistic moments and his failures and frustrations. Denk’s new memoir is Every Good Boy Does Fine.

John Powers reviews Life & Beth on Hulu, created by and starring Amy Schumer.

After experiencing a rare kind of stroke, NYT writer Frank Bruni suddenly became blind in his right eye. Doctors told him there was a decent chance the same could happen to his other eye. It forced him to make a decision: He could focus on what had been lost or on what remained. He chose the latter. Bruni’s new memoir isThe Beauty of Dusk.