Anthology 101
Year after year, more genres and formats are added to the heap of writing compilations—here’s a look at the best of the first of this year’s lists.
Book Digest
A collection of 274 issues
André Kertész: On Reading
First published in 1971 and long out of print, these photos of people caught in the act of reading is reborn in a handsome new edition curated by Robert Gurbo.
Collections of Nothing
William Davies King meditates on the impulse to accumulate, offering a thoughtful and jargon-free rumination on existence and human interaction.
Willie & Joe: The WWII Years
During World War II, cartoonist Bill Mauldin brought life from the front lines into the daily newspapers of those back home. A new anthology features more than 600 of his illustrated dispatches.
Books That Stack Up
Many noteworthy books have been translated into many more noteworthy movies. Here are some favorites.
Hit and Run
Based on an impressively large body of work and awards from people who care about such things, one can say Lawrence Block is a big thing in the crime story universe.
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
James Sturm’s new opus is a graphic biography of legendary baseball pitcher Paige that presents poignant and historically resonant drawings along with a smoothly flowing anecdotal narrative.
Tethered
On falling for a book by its cover, whose image may or may not reveal the contents within.
More on Roxana Robinson
If “Cost” is some of Robinson’s best work, she certainly has something to be proud of, as these 14 stories are prose gems.
This Land Is Their Land
An investigator of American class inequity comments on life, economy, and how we’ve erased any distinction between them.