Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory
by Janet Malcolm
Having abandoned an earlier attempt at an autobiography, out of her journalist's frustration with the slipperiness of memory, Malcolm, the longtime New Yorker writer who died in 2021, left behind this... (Tom)
The Book of Unconformities
by Hugh Raffles
How do you describe a book as singular as this one? Writing in the wake of family tragedy—the sudden deaths of two sisters—Raffles, a British anthropologist living in New York City, is drawn to the so... (Tom)
The Hopkins Manuscript
by R.C. Sherriff
I’m fine with all sorts of grim reading material but apocalypse stories are just TOO stressful. That said, if it’s set in an English village and written by the author of The Fortnight in September, I’... (Liz)
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
by Kikuko Tsumura
Post-burnout, a 36-year-old woman moves back in with her parents and attempts to find employment that won't demand so much of her. With the help of an agency, she tries on five different menial jobs,... (Anika)