Homer Again
Zachary Mason offers 44 versions of “The Odyssey.”
Serious Fun
A collection of 10 issues
Counting Back the Years
The mordant wit of Brit Francis Wheen zeros in on that lame and sickly decade, the ’70s.
Playing Ball With Uncle Sam
American baseball is a serious business—who knew it was a tool of diplomacy?
Before the Fall
John McNally’s fourth novel lampoons America’s literary life, such as it is.
Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out Redux
Arguing for Leary’s influential change agency.
Doing Things With Words
Three books pay particular attention to how we use words.
A Modest List
OK, it’s a list. But it’s my list. Which makes it better than their lists.
Accept No Substitutes
What to do? Go with Rogue or the roguish Rouge? Fox News, among others, is confused!
In It for the Money?
“The best jokes are dangerous...because they are in some way truthful”—Vonnegut was right.
Diaper Advisory
A note to the reader warns of incontinence while reading Pete Dexter’s latest.