In the Beginning
Ron Rash’s wonderful new story collection should lead you back to his first novel.
Back Matter
A collection of 8 issues
Ralph Ellison’s Second Novel
Forty years in development and never published in his lifetime.
Poor Haiti
Wherein Our Man in Boston assembles a short list of reading on benighted Haiti.
The Duh Vinci Code
The magnitude of a new Dan Brown book overshadows worthy contemporaries.
The Oracular Vidal
A welcome, recent conversation with Gore Vidal.
Rekindled
What Amazon’s e-reader portends, according to Nicholson Baker and Jacob Weisberg.
Reading v. Kindling
Amazon may have confiscated your Orwell, but there is still hope.
Queen Jane Approximately
A publishing mover and shaker puts good books in the hands of readers.