Meaning and Mayhem
A frequent part of mafia rituals is the kiss. After a Youth of Honor has been baptized, he makes the rounds of the other associates, kissing...
A frequent part of mafia rituals is the kiss. After a Youth of Honor has been baptized, he makes the rounds of the other associates, kissing...
If I dream, it invariably takes the form of being hunted by men with guns—in a house, in a forest, on a street. Sometimes these dreams...
It is easy to wax apocalyptic about Argentina. The country may indeed be a very “unfinished utopia,” as the political commentator Ignacio Zuleta once called it,...
As I was reading some recent books on dinosaurs, I kept wondering, “What were dinosaurs for?” It’s a ridiculous question, and I wondered why I was...
James Poniewozik is the chief television critic of The New York Times, and his new book, Audience of One, tells a double story: the rise of...
It can be challenging to find good writers, especially if you don’t come from the writing world. I liken this to looking for a reliable contractor...
I look upon this list, and I despair. For one, some time in 2018, I started logging in my paper day planner the books I had...
When I was young, I had two types of reading: public reading and private reading. Public reading was reading I accomplished mostly to have something to...
Sponsored by JIMMY Patterson Books, publisher of Ali Cross by James Patterson. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get...
For me, this year of reading is forever captured by the words of our literary genius Toni Morrison. Upon hearing of her death, I clung to...