Spring Blossoms
Three magazines have new seasonal issues.
Robert Birnbaum
Antwerp, Before and After
Bolaño’s first novel, now republished.
The Sage of Baltimore
H.L. Mencken left a rich literary legacy, including his autobiographical writing.
Sounds and Silence
George Michael Foy was being driven insane by noise. Thus began his quest for perfect silence.
Angel Headed Hipsters
An exhibition catalogue of “Beat Memories” by Allen Ginsberg.
Red and Dead
Jon Lee Anderson’s definitive biography of Che Guevara is newly revised.
House of No Mirth
Sex, drugs, murder. Welcome to the world of Gianni Versace, alive and dead.
That Was Then and Now
An accessible appraisal of de Tocqueville and his magnum opus.
One Is the Loneliest Number
Love and all that stuff—Paolo Giordono writes about two damaged misfits trying to make a life.
Wind Is Risin’
Historian Hampton Sides meticulously and vividly accounts for the assassination of Martin Luther King.