The Awkward Black Man: Stories by Walter Mosley Walter Mosley imbues each and every character with an astonishing degree of detail and genealogical backstory (often rendered within a single, almost impossibly informative sentence) that makes many of these stories read more like biographies in miniature. Read More
The Hearing Trumpet: by Leonora Carrington The Hearing Trumpet, though coming long after the initial surrealist burst, carries the project forward luminously. Read More
Telephone: by Percival Everett At once a novel of domestic strife, college life and bold, border-crossing adventure, its inherent anxieties are magnified by the world we live in, and all the more so by an unusual publishing strategy. Read More
What Becomes a Legend Most: by Philip Gefter Gefter’s care in recounting Avedon’s life is a major contribution to the history of 20th century art and culture. Read More
The Best: by Mark Williams and Tim Wigmore The book's willingness to go deep without being prescriptive makes it a rare read and a valuable resource. Read More
The Bone Shard Daughter: by Andrea Stewart The opening effort of this new series is a promising harbinger of what's to come. Read More
The Presidents vs. the Press: by Harold Holzer As much a chronological exploration of advancements in mass communication as it is an examination of how each has shaped the broader societal perception of both the presidents and the press. Read More
Memorial: by Bryan Washington Streetwise contemporary in its verbiage and strong in its messaging, Washington’s novel lingers, sometimes languishes, but mostly provokes thoughtfulness equally in what it explicitly and implicitly says between the lines. Read More
In the Land of the Cyclops: by Karl Ove Knausgaard Out of literary scraps and artistic fragments drifting around us, Knausgaard extracts beauty, wit and nutrition for the hungry mind. Read More
Alright, Alright, Alright: by Melissa Maerz Maerz looks at how a movie that bombed at the box office has taken its place as one of cinema’s purest expression of the listless spirit that comes with being an American teenager. Read More
Chet Baker: (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You/Chet Baker in New York/Chet/Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe-review
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