There’s Nothing Provincial About This Three-Volume Icelandic Saga
Salvatore Scibona reviews Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s “Trilogy About the Boy,” which comprises “Heaven and Hell,” “The Sorrow of Angels,” and…
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admin How Mary Kay Built an Empire Out of Other Women’s Dreams
Lauren Michele Jackson writes about the founder of the global cosmetics empire, who feminized the sale of cure-all lotions and…
A Trollish New Campus Novel Hates Students and Professors Alike
Hannah Gold reviews “The Vivisectors,” by the novelist Missouri Williams, which critiques the hollowness of contemporary life.
What Jill Biden Doesn’t Say in Her White House Memoir
A sense of make-believe and avoidance pervades “View from the East Wing,” Jill Biden’s memoir about her tenure as First…
When Dance in New York Took Center Stage
Marina Harss reviews the book “Nonstop Bodies: How Dance Shaped New York City,” by Rennie McDougall, considering the cultural evolution…
Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest
David O’Neill on “three six five,” a new collection of writing exercises by the writer Lucy Ives, and the venerable…