Fearful that he had lost some of his mental acuity after a serious accident mid-way through his literary career, Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges, who until that point was known as a poet and Continue reading »
Women Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews
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Sixteen women writers--Dorothy Parker, Marianne Moore, Maya Angelou, Susan Sontag and Anne Sexton among them--discuss the art and craft of writing both fiction and nonfiction in this captivating, Continue reading »
As Told at the Explorers Club: More Than Fifty Gripping Tales of Adventure
Published on the eve of the Explorers Club centennial, this collection of stories and articles derives from the club's past publications. It's a wide array, covering every continent and charting Continue reading »
From the late poet Gregory Corso's ""Dream of a Baseball Star"" to pitcher Sadaharu Oh's ""A Zen Way of Baseball,"" New York's honorary commissioner of fireworks, George Plimpton (who has also Continue reading »
In its eighth edition, this fecund forum continues to illuminate the creative mind. Prolific author Oates points out that the present volume signals a departure in that it includes essayist (as well Continue reading »
Writers at Work 09: 2the Paris Review Interviews Ninth Series
The venerable Paris Review series remains insightful and delightful, and these 12 interviews, as novelist Styron suggests in his introduction, offer ``an extraordinary variety and range.'' Wallace Continue reading »
Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic
Inger N I Kuin
Classicist Kuin (Lucian’s Laughing Gods) offers a enthralling intellectual history of Diogenes, the founder of Cynicism—a word derived from the Greek for “dog,” the moniker Continue reading »
One Bad Mother: In Praise of Psycho Housewives, Stage Parents, Momfluencers, and Other Women We Love to Hate
Ej Dickson
New York magazine writer Dickson debuts with a smart and funny exploration of what it means to be a “bad mom.” In a culture obsessed with criticizing mothers, Dickson explains, Continue reading »
A Killing in Cannabis: A True Story of Love, Murder, and California Weed
Scott Eden
Investigative journalist Eden (Touchdown Jesus) shines in this novelistic work of true crime. The account opens in 2019, when deputies responded to a 911 call reporting a Continue reading »
Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
Khameer Kidia
The Western view of mental illness as a purely neurochemical problem best treated with drugs is misguided and damaging, according to this bold debut treatise from physician Continue reading »