Non-Fiction

From Lowbrow to Nobrow

"We live in the midst of one of the most vibrant eras in literary history," writes Peter Swirski, "...And even as ...

By Mark Heffernan

We Are on Our Own

"Stories aren't a luxury," the novelist Robert Stone once said, "they're as necessary as breathing." They're also ...

By Joel Yanofsky

Lurching into the Looney Bin

This is a how-to book with a difference. Are you at a "certain age"? Worried that you will have a stroke? Develop ...

By Margaret Goldik

Margaret Macdonald: Imperial daughter

Mann’s exploration of Margaret Macdonald’s world is both scholarly and readable. It rarely bogs the reader down ...

By Margaret Goldik