Books
Dan Simon’s debut novel blends polyphonic storytelling with keen attention to the natural world and its emotional echoes.
A brief, haunting meditation homing in on the final weeks—and thoughts—of the ailing Gustav Mahler during his voyage back to Europe.
Ross Barkan is a good enough of a writer to have avoided the trap of making this novel just an anti-Trump protest.
In conversation, Andrew Krivak discusses inherited grief, immigrant roots, and the novel’s unusual form.
If there is a through-line consolidating Ian Buruma’s account, it is the admonition: Do not rush to judgment.
I was surprised by how smoothly each book went down, with a little tingle of acidic satire lingering on the palate.
By Michael Londra In /face, William Lessard examines how technology fragments identity, transforming our faces into data and design. /face by William Lessard. Kernpunkt Press, 100 pp, $18. Recently I saw Patti Smith perform her album Horses at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan. Filing in, a sign alerted me to the following: “Attention Customers: biometric identification…
For biographer Andrew Durbin, Peter Hujar and Paul Thek are historical figures from a lost era that he wants to discover on his own terms.
Gauri Gill’s work is shaped by a dense visual language in which light, composition, and texture are not secondary elements but stand as active components of meaning.
In praising poetry’s power, Ada Limón leaves clarity—and craft—behind.
Design and Visual Arts: Affordable Housing, By Design