The books of Brian Castro are postmodern pantomimes that mug the dictates of genre, without ever quite escaping them.

Esinam Bediako won the Ann Petry Award from the Pasadena-based publisher for her debut novel, ‘Blood on the Brain,’ out in ...

Lili Anolik, who’s unearthed Eve Babitz and exposed Donna Tartt, now strips the sentiment which has gathered around one of ...

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Perdita, by sociologist Dylan Riley, is a beautiful attempt both to relive his marriage and to see the world through his late wife’s eyes ...

Penny’s 19th installment in the beloved Gamache series is a particularly haunting and relevant mystery novel.

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Happily, there are a host of witty, satirical and downright hilarious books out there, waiting to put a smile back on our faces. From comic novels and memoirs, to essays and poetry, humour has filled ...

The artist Tourmaline, a lifelong scholar on the life of Marsha P. Johnson, is publishing a book on the queer historical icon. Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson is the first full ...

Last year, her exhibition, À toi de faire, ma mignonne, took over the entire Musée Picasso in Paris ... going through a found address book, scrutinising strangers, filming your mother on ...

In his latest book Heaven on Earth art historian T.J. Clark draws on examples from Giotto to Picasso to provide an exciting new history of the depiction of the divine. He talks to LRB contributing ...