Reese Witherspoon’s debut novel explores a military doctor’s mysterious journey
NEW YORK (AP) — Reese Witherspoon’s first novel for adults began with the kind of inspiration veteran fiction…
Greil Marcus on ‘Mystery Train’s’ 50th anniversary
When it was first published in 1975, “Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ‘n’ Roll Music” was…
LIBRARY COLUMN | Cozy up with a cup of fantasy | Features
As a youth, I loved high fantasy: expansive worldbuilding, epic storylines, and difficult-to-pronounce imaginary names. Tamora Pierce’s books…
Leonora Carrington’s The Stone Door
Leonora Carrington The Stone Door NYRB, 2025 In Leonora Carrington’s The Stone Door, the unnamed narrator traverses Mesopotamia…
Fifteen – The Brooklyn Rail
Fifteen Cristin Tierney September 5–October 4, 2025New York Fifteen, a new exhibition at Cristin Tierney, ostensibly marks both…
MATTHEW KRESSEL with Amy Goldschlager
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ROMAN ONDAK with David Rhodes
When I was about fifteen years old, I was trying to find my way as an artist. The…
Book Marks reviews of Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon Book Marks
Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in…
Jade Chang’s ‘What a Time to Be Alive’ takes aim at social media
The world is a confusing and scary place right now. Many of us are anxious wanderers in the…
The Bookies Bookstore suggests some fantastic fiction
Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book…