Books

On Richard McGuire's Here.

A day with the nomadic booksellers of Pakistan.

The author of Amnesia on shifting narratives, the early days of the Internet, and the CIA's nefarious history in Australia.

The Oysters of Locmariaquer, published half a century ago, feels like a precursor to the work of Eula Biss and Leslie Jamison—minus the modern worry over the possible harm of such storytelling.

In Andrew O'Hagan's The Illuminations, a woman struggles watching her mother enter the early stages of dementia. But can a different reality be a better place to live?

In David Shields and Caleb Powell's I Think You’re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel, a problem involving doors and goats shows what arguments are really about.

Three mystery authors discuss crime television, the banality of murder, and the surprising niceness of crime writers.

In an increasingly fragmented world, the debate around "Je Suis Charlie" reminds us there are reasons to avoid collectivity.

Lorrie Moore as the mother you never had.