The Novel That Captures New York City Right Now
Brother Alive feels like the first work of fiction since the beginning of the pandemic that reflects the mood of the city.
Book Review
Do Animals Dream?
A new book argues that dreams are a portal to animal consciousness.
‘Everything About This Boy Was About His Mother’
There’s a troubling logic to the familial relationships in Douglas Stuart’s novels.
Where to Turn When You Feel ‘at Odds With Being Human’
Two recent books find, in the fluidity and endurance of marine life, respite from a world that expects conformity.
‘I’ve Seen Several Giants Die on My Land’
A new anthology about climate change acknowledges that we are both willing participants in and at the mercy of the systems that are destroying us.
The Most American Form of Architecture Isn’t Going Anywhere
A new book challenges the dominant narrative that malls are dying.
Beware the Luxury Beach Resort
These ostensible paradises have a dark side.
The Book That Captures My Life as a Dad
Abbott Awaits makes the everyday aspects of parenting objects of tender observation.
The Book That Never Stops Changing
What I’ve learned about Dublin, and myself, in a lifetime of reading Ulysses
White Author, Black Paragons
When writing across cultural divides flattens characters