Never Mind
Novelist Marilynne Robinson takes on some vexing ontological questions in “Absence of Mind.”
Robert Birnbaum
Reality Diet
David Shields becomes the poster boy for The Death of the Novel.
Much Ado About Nothing
Awards given out for the best, worst, and most irritating book trailers.
Birds Without Wings Redux
More palaver about Paul Berman’s “The Flight of the Intellectuals,” some even entertaining.
Creation and Subversion
Translator Suzanne Jill Levine’s important (don’t be scared) book The Subversive Scribe is reissued.
Where the Troubles Began
An astounding 1,000-year history of English anti-Semitism—but who cares?
Ah, Poor Brother
An exquisite epitaph by Anne Carson arrives in a unique format.
Talking With Elliot Weinberger
The literary man for all seasons is interviewed.
Literary Boundaries?
Dalkey is having a summer sale. You should look at Open Letter and Archipelago Books, too.
War Is Queer
James Lord’s fourth memoir deals with his service in WWII and more.