- August 10, 2009
- Incoherent Vice
My Thomas Pynchon problem.
- August 3, 2009
- Moby-Dick in the Desert
Unplug the phone. There’s a new William T. Vollmann book.
- July 13, 2009
- Comics Relief
Finally, the great New York (graphic) novel.
- April 27, 2009
- Everybody’s Columbine
Dave Cullen examines how we process inexplicable tragedy.
- March 23, 2009
- A Hideous, Vital Warmth
Wells Tower’s beautiful stories about gut-wrenching violence.
- February 23, 2009
- Hand Off
Loving, and mourning, scribbling.
- February 16, 2009
- Love and Terror
A new novel declares war on apolitical fiction. And wins by losing.
- January 5, 2009
- Snark Attack
In a new book, David Denby rages against mean-spirited humor but misses the point.
- December 22, 2008
- Wake Up, Little Susie
The early journals of Susan Sontag reveal a pretentious, insecure, surprisingly lovable narcissist.
- December 1, 2008
- The Basketball Dork’s Bible
How much hoops analysis is too much?