The Killing Circle
Andrew Pyper’s fourth novel simultaneously follows the meta-literary life of a young book critic and a rash of murders in Toronto.
Robert Birnbaum
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency
Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman levels a host of indictments against the standing vice president, the formidably secretive Chief of Staff, Dick Cheney.
On the Road
Jim Harrison’s new road novel prompts memories of a multitude of travel guides and essays, from de Tocqueville to the present.
Advertising and Art: International Graphics From the Affiche to Pop-Art
A historical look at the unsavory-to-some intersection between commercial and fine art—from Jules Chéret to Andy Warhol to the present.
A New Life Cut Short
The controversial ends of composer Gustav Mahler’s life and work makes for a mammoth tome.
Story Songs
Like good stories, songs with compelling narratives are to be treasured. Here is a collection, ever-growing, of such kinds of songs.
The Aura Estrada Prize
Backed by a cadre of writers, Francisco Goldman honors his late wife with a literary prize.
Matrimony
Plucking a novel from the bookstack reveals an accomplished novelist and a read worthy of your time.
Nicaragua
A new edition of photojournalist Susan Meiselas’s classic monograph, shot in the waning days of the Somoza regime and the glory days of the Sandanista revolution.
Raising the Bar
The latest effort from veteran TV producer Steven Bochco relies not on substance, but on bellicose pronouncements and suggestive quick edits.