Grand Illusion
Persuading people to like something is a trade. Persuading them to change their minds and like something else is a skill. But inducing them to believe...
Father & Son
They took him to beyond Davidstown,Stopped the car on a side road untilThere was no sign of anyone. And then,To get his chords working again,He was...
Veronese Preserv’d
To the Editors: In my review of Cynthia Saltzman’s Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast [NYR, October 21], which focuses on the looting of Veronese’s The...
Loopholes for Kleptocrats
On April 3, 2016, journalism colleagues around the world and I broke the story of the Panama Papers, 11.5 million documents leaked from the files of...
Inheriting the Legacy of Japanese Imperialism
Take a kaleidoscope, peer inside its lens and turn the dial: the jeweled-mosaic pattern within deforms and reforms anew. Asako Serizawa mirrored her debut short story...
7 Novels About Only Children
The world of children, aburst with animal energy, strikes only children like me as strange and perhaps a bit vulgar. So we observe. Our lack of...
8 Bookish Nonprofits and Organizations to Donate to on Giving Tuesday
After scoping out the best deals on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, it’s time to celebrate Giving Tuesday. First started in 2012, Giving...
A Brief History of Vampires & Werewolves in Ireland & the United Kingdom (and Some of Europe)
Earlier this fall, a Twitter user posted a map of Europe, broken down by whether vampires, werewolves, or both were the prominent monster in each country....
An Ode to Bookish Internet Friends
I have never enjoyed having acquaintances. While I love spending time with humans, I’m an introvert and social interactions require a lot of energy. I don’t...
15 Books To Spark Love Like THE HEART PRINCIPLE
Helen Hoang rose so quickly to fame as a contemporary romance author because her characters always feel so real and lived-in. The Heart Principle is the...
