Body Grammar
by Jules Ohman
Sometimes, though rarely, I will read a book and feel like I'm watching a movie as I read. Reflecting on this beautiful funny sweet melancholy moving book, I experienced something rarer still: feeling... (Anika)
Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius
by Nick Hornby
As a teenager in the ’80s, the music—the very existence—of Prince had a profound effect on me. Purple Rain (the movie, as well as the album) totally blew my mind. Seeing him in concert in 1985 was a h... (Doree)
The Complete Eightball 1-18
by Daniel Clowes
Welcome to my 1990s, which you can now purchase in a single package for $49.95. I came to Eightball midway through its run, walking down to Fallout Comics to catch up on an early issue or—happy day!—f... (Tom)
The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
by Nicholas Dawidoff
It's a too-familiar American story: a city—New Haven, Connecticut, in this case—divided by race, a young black man falsely imprisoned. To it, Dawidoff, who was raised in the city and who has written b... (Tom)