Which Witch?
Croatian writer Dubravka Ugreši? reshapes a myth, “Baba Yaga Laid an Egg,” for our time.
Robert Birnbaum
The World’s Whisper
“The most common actions can be enhanced and lit up by the association of the mind.”
Zinn Reads Zinn
Great news: Zinn’s opus, “A People’s History,” is now a well-read audio book.
Emptying the Dustbin
An amazing collection of images from what can now be called Russia’s Soviet period.
Mean Streets
Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Blvd.” set in Ken Bruen’s 21st-century London.
Playing Ball With Uncle Sam
American baseball is a serious business—who knew it was a tool of diplomacy?
When in Rome
A second installment of political intrigue in the Roman Republic.
Ralph Ellison’s Second Novel
Forty years in development and never published in his lifetime.
The World According to Self
Self and Steadman are a pair that beat a full house.
Fun, Stone-Style
A second story collection from one of our greatest living writers.