The Last Samurai is Helen DeWitt’s colossal debut novel, originally published in 2000, and reissued this May by New Directions. The story follows [...]

Moving from consciousness to consciousness among a cast of characters from every walk—cops, protestors, delegates—Sunil Yapa's Your Heart is a Muscle the Size [...]

Professor Charles Xavier had a dream, but The Voice only has rules. This is important to note as They're Not Like Us is [...]

“I am a weapon of massive consumption.” A line from Lily Allen's song “The Fear” speaks perfectly to the tone of Tokyo Ghost. [...]

[photo]Full disclosure: I’ve been a Jessica Hopper fan for quite a while. In fact, she played no small role in my decision to [...]

In an age when identity is often a carefully constructed thing that is pieced together with Instagram pics, Facebook check-ins, who you know [...]

[photo]You’ve probably heard of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five. But did you know that before Satchmo even came to New Orleans, The [...]

[photo]Patti Smith's latest memoir is an offering for those who are in love with books. M Train seems crafted for the reader who [...]

[photo]Although Chrissie Hynde’s new rock and roll memoir, Reckless, has been roundly criticized in the press, it’s worth noting that her version of [...]

[photo]In the preface to her graphic memoir, We Are Gypsies Now, Danielle de Picciotto asks herself—after 30 years of living in one place—“where [...]