Barney Rosset risked violence and insolvency so that his Grove Press could print unexpurgated American editions of such forbidden works as “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” in 1959 and “Tropic of Cancer” in ...
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An artist knocked off her path by a manipulative professor is at the center of Larissa Pham’s spare and troubling new book, “Discipline.” By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an independently ...
“Rebecca Newberger Goldstein isn’t the first philosopher to argue that we are driven by the quest to justify our existence,” said John Kaag in The Atlantic. But in her stirring new book, the ...
An 11th-century monk mapped pitches onto the human hand when directing his choir—unlocking a new connection between the eye and the ear. Review by Sarah L. Kaufman ...
There have always been ghosts in George Saunders’ fiction, going back to the revenants of a murdered family that haunt the beleaguered narrator of his breakout novella, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline. In ...
It's a particularly bleak January — reason enough for literary escape. But, while some readers opt for sunshine (maybe a romance or historical novel) others are drawn to a genre that transports us ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
New York Times bestselling author Jennette McCurdy returns with her novel, “Half His Age,” following the success of her raw, emotional and honest memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died.” “Half His Age” is ...