SISTER EUROPE, by Nell Zink There’s a moment in J.D. Salinger’s short story “Teddy” in which a boy watches his younger sister drink a glass of...
Dag Solstad, a Norwegian novelist who teased form and style to create a world of alienation and disenchantment, enthralling and sometimes baffling his compatriots, died on...
CLASS MATTERS: The Fight to Get Beyond Race Preferences, Reduce Inequality, and Build Real Diversity at America’s Colleges, by Richard D. Kahlenberg If there is one...
Some people use noir to mean a spare writing style; others, a type of plot that tends toward deceit and despair. But it’s maybe best described...
TILT, by Emma Pattee The most read New Yorker article of 2015 was Kathryn Schulz’s “The Really Big One,” about the potentially devastating Cascadia earthquake that...
THE SOCIAL GENOME: The New Science of Nature and Nurture, by Dalton Conley THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE HUMAN EMPIRE: Why Our Species Is on...
TWIST, by Colum McCann It’s a literary conundrum of sorts, how on the surface Colum McCann’s novel “Twist” feels narratively disheveled, with subplots warmed up and...
YOKO: The Biography, by David Sheff Here’s the thing about Yoko Ono, the artist and widow of the murdered rock star John Lennon (usually not identified...
For much of her life, Catherine Raven felt worthless. Then she befriended a fox. After growing up in an abusive home where she felt unwanted, Raven...
Thomas Hoobler, who with his wife, Dorothy Hoobler, wrote 103 books across a vast range of subjects, including young-adult biographies of Margaret Mead, mystery novels set...
