Book Review | ‘Wounded Boarders: Stories’ by George Singleton
Signature offbeat humor peppers story collection.
Author: David Starkey
Book Review | ‘Exit Party’ by Emily St. John Mandel
A requiem for an alternate world not unlike our own.
Review | ‘Almost Grown: A New York Memoir’ by Jesse Malin
A literary coming-of-age story of a punk rocker, with New York city as another central character.
Book Review | ‘Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old’ by Mary Beard
A warning not to let a sense of reverence dampen the impact of classic works.
Book Review | ‘Python’s Kiss: Stories by Louise Erdrich’
Famed novelist’s new story collection offers a welcome array of literary adventures.
Book Review | ‘White River Crossing’ by Ian McGuire
A page-turning tale about a perilous expedition for gold in the sub-arctic Canadian wilderness of 1766.
Book Review | ‘Land’ by Maggie O’Farrell
An Irish historical novel and hymn to the importance of natural spaces, from the author of ‘Hamnet’.
Book Review | ‘Gerhard Richter,’ edited by Dieter Schwarz and Nicholas Serota
A lavish monograph retraces the 60-year career of one of the leading artists of contemporary painting.
Book Review | ‘Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums’ by Dolly Jørgensen
A meditation on what’s lost and what endures.
Book Review | ‘Play This Book Loud: Noisy Essays’ by Joe Bonomo
Author cranks up the volume with an ode to random music.
