Charles Baxter’s novel charges along so boisterously that it’s easy to forget the author is batting around some of the weightiest concerns of human experience. John le Carré’s son Nick ...
The cultural role of the monster, according to monster studies scholarship (a real thing), is to embody and enforce the distinction between what is acceptable and what is aberrant: The monster lurks ...
Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...
It’s interesting that Mosaku stars in this series, as she’s probably best known in the U.S. for a role in another supernatural series, Lovecraft Country. Our Take: Written by Andrew Buchan ...
Whether you’re reading to your child, or they’re learning to read by themselves, little ones will want to return to these picture books for kids again and again. Full of loveable characters, playful ...
By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY: The Biography of Randy Newman ...
Class and privilege occupy much of the book, as do issues of race and belonging — Dave’s absent, unmet father was Burmese — but it is an intensely personal story, finding another dimension ...