The Man Who Sold the Underworld
September 24, 2014
In his surprising new book, Bowie, bestselling philosopher Simon Critchley reappraises David Bowie, concluding that he’s less a pop star than an artist.
Karen Shepard’s Experiment Fiction
June 11, 2013
Based on a true incident known as “the Chinese experiment,” The Celestials, a majestic novel by the singular Karen Shepard, gives American history an electrifying intimacy, charged with desire and fear.
Lively Prose: David Samuel Levinson
June 4, 2013
A sleepy town, charming on the surface, conceals a nest of vipers in David Samuel Levinson’s novel Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence.