Books
Stark prairie lyrics of survival, memory, and reluctant belonging.
D. H. Lawrence’s final poems confront mortality with mysticism, sensuality, and hard-won clarity.
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.
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