Flowers of Prison
/Controversial Chinese artist and activist Ai WeiWei set an art installation inside the walls of America's most notorious prisons - with surreal and sometimes beautiful results.
Read MorePros and Con Men
/Despite his iconic status today, in the 19th century Sherlock Holmes was neither the alpha nor the omega of crime fighters: a fascinating new book introduces us to his many contemporaries.
Read MoreLeviathan in the Offing
/Ron Howard's adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick's bestselling In the Heart of the Sea will soon appear, but even the trailers raise rich questions: Why does this story still have the power to fascinate? A Moby-Dick fan ponders.
Read MoreFlail and Thrash
/When we say of someone that they died too early, does this posit that there is a perfect time? How does the meaning of a life change the longer it’s lived. Jenny Erpenbeck’s new novel End of Days explores some answers.
Read MoreBach so plentiful
/a poem
Read MoreThe Familiar is Strange
/Stalking the pages of Thomas Pierce's debut story collection, where the surreal shares quarters with the ordinary, are dwarf mammoths, genetically modified guard dogs, baby Pippin monkeys, and a parakeet named Magnificent.
Read MoreThe Only Relevant Thing
/Matthew Lippman's third poetry collection sings of the joys and sorrows of married life - and ventures onto broader societal stages as well. The result shows the reader in new detail a world they thought they knew.
Read MoreBook Review: The Girl on the Train
/In this New York Times bestseller, a hapless woman spots a mysterious event from the window of her commuter train and is soon caught up in a police investigation.
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