War Zone: Mathias Énard's "Zone"
Mirkovic fixates upon two types of men, not always separate: writers and war criminals.
Mirkovic fixates upon two types of men, not always separate: writers and war criminals.
BEN KATCHOR IS THE Joseph Mitchell of contemporary comics. Mitchell, along with his close friend A.J. Liebling, was a pivotal early New Yorker reporte...
On my trip to Poland this past winter, I brought the perfect book as my traveling companion.
Tense existential snapshots of sudden violence.
IT'S TEN THIRTY IN LOS ANGELES on a Thursday night. Your buddy, who's been a friend since your Berkeley days and still lives in Oakland, is in for...
"A collection of twenty-eight tales in the slef-defined niche of "geezer noir."
Improbably close readings of questionably canonical texts are the order of the day in these books.
On four cylinders and inner tubes about to suffer dozens of punctures, Holmboe encountered the diverse and often impassable landscapes of the Sahara.
A story of "a very imperfect life lived among very imperfect houses," written in homage to the yearnings that have fueled her lifelong game of house.
WE DRIVE BY A CAR ACCIDENT and crane our necks. We want to see the worst: the mutilated passenger, the driver crumpled against the wheel. If a...
By gathering emblematic tweets, an important slice of the Revolution is organized and clarified through well-established editorial procedures.
Insofar as poverty is the problem, Warren argues, history has nothing to do with the solution.
A powerhouse of a book.
Warren's argument feels familiar.
MATTHEW ZAPRUDER WILL SPEAK TO YOU. This isn’t a metaphor, or a mere recommendation: it’s a description of method. In “Come On All You Ghosts...
A real-life horror lies at the heart of Hicok's book.