Exactly, Watson!
Another fine Mississippi storyteller, Brad Watson has a new story collection out.
New Finds
A collection of 31 issues
Scarface
A Depression-era father searches for the scary, scarred man who murdered his young daughter.
Call Him Ishmael
Phillip Hoare’s “The Whale,” a compendium of big fish stories.
Oh, Canada
Helen O’Mara, the widow in Lisa Moore’s “February,” is a fascinating and admirable character.
Shop ’Til You Bop
Lee Eisenberg explains all manner of whys and hows about consumption.
Irish DNA
Trevor Byrne’s Ghosts & Lightning offers up yet another fine Irish storyteller.
Which Witch?
Croatian writer Dubravka Ugreši? reshapes a myth, “Baba Yaga Laid an Egg,” for our time.
Zinn Reads Zinn
Great news: Zinn’s opus, “A People’s History,” is now a well-read audio book.
Apparition Made Real
Mortician/writer Thomas Lynch publishes his first book of fiction.
Whom Do You Trust?
Nick Tosches’s unpredictable enthusiasms and obsessions are worth paying attention to.