A New Life Cut Short
The controversial ends of composer Gustav Mahler’s life and work makes for a mammoth tome.
Book Digest
A collection of 274 issues
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.
City of Refuge
In his new novel, Tom Piazza vividly describes the few days before and after Hurricane Katrina wrought mayhem on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
For the Thrill of It
Simon Baatz illuminates Leopold and Loeb’s senseless murder and the trial that followed—that captured a nation’s attention.
Constructive Self-Criticism
In praise of Joe Bageant, who joins the favored ranks of renegades, skeptics, and dissidents.
High Wire
On a new story from Robert Stone—an important publishing event if ever there were one.
A Partisan’s Daughter
Louis De Bernières’s new novel confirms suspicions of his narrative gifts. In a good way.
Live Forever
Stumbling across a note from Kurt Vonnegut’s daughter is a reminder of the genius we lost and the genius we gained.