West Coast Work
In a passage from his latest novel, Richard Russo nails the screenwriter’s dilemma.
Robert Birnbaum
American Utopia
A new novel on mid-century American ingenuity conjures Henry Ford’s rubber-town.
A Fictional Dickens
Richard Flanagan joins a group of authors who’ve set the novelist in their books.
Delhomme du Moment
A book from the rebel illustrator, who lately has enjoyed commercial success.
Sage Advice
Michael Lewis pens a self-help book for his children.
Revolving Snub
Denis Johnson writes a noiresque novel, then skips the National Book Awards ceremony.
Ghostly Pursuits
In Nick Antosca’s second novel, a murdered child seeks his killer.
Street Fighting Men
Sifting through a recent flurry of books about Sixties radicals and student demonstrators.
Lost and Found
A written history of humans covers five millennia through vignettes, poems, dreamscapes, and more.
An Illustrated History
We’re ready for a Mount Rushmore of American illustration from the last half of the 20th century.