Bold move by Mr. Whitehead to title this last novel in the Harlem Trilogy after HIMSELF. 😎 I kid, of course. “Cool machine” is a reference ...

Woohooo! One of my favorite novels of the year is out today! Rowan Beaird's sophomore effort  Tenderness is a terrific summer read -- a...

In Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, a character explains to another why he doesn't read contemporary fiction. Instead, he onl...

Let's start here: Kathleen Rooney is the author of one of my favorite pieces of writing this year: Her essay, "Why Criticism Contin...

Apparently, the age of reading is over, or so screams The Atlantic's rage-baity August cover. The cover story itself is headlined thusly...