This is Your Brain on Words
Jonah Lehrer reviews Stanislas Dehaene's Reading and the Brain.
Drawn to Read
Ward Sutton on John Irving.
The Mower
Andrew Motion's England.
The Black Hole War
Cosmic conflict.
Too Much Happiness
Alice Munro still surprises.
SHORT STORIES
Ford County
John Grisham's people.
LITERATURE
Changing My Mind
Zadie Smith's essays.
MUSIC
Fall
Norah Jones, plugged in.
THE THINKING READ
Thucydides: the Reinvention of History
A.C. Grayling on what an ancient historian still offers the modern world.
FICTION
Devil's Dream
Madison Smartt Bell conjures Nathan Bedford Forrest. Laura Miller reviews.
Guest Books
Nigella Lawson.
The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville's tale of culture clash.
The Original of Laura
Nabokov's last cards.
Five Books
On Foot.
Daybook
November 20: Rammed several times by a large, white whale, the Essex sank on this day in 1820, some 2,000 miles west of South America. An account written by First Mate Owen Chase was published the next year, becoming an important source for Melville’s…
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Previously in Daybook
In the Margin
Expertise has its own special allure. Years ago, a good friend bestowed on me the gift of The French Laundry Cookbook. Now, I will probably never undertake most of its involved,…
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Earlier Posts
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The Long List
Books CDs, DVDs to know about now
Hurry Down Sunshine
The former “Freelance” columnist for the Times Literary Supplement tells the extraordinary story of the summer his teenage daughter descended into psychosis. "They stole my words," she tells her father, and in supplying his own to treat her -- and his own -- affliction, Greenberg has written a haunting book. Now in paperback. Read our review.
G. I. Bones
The latest installment in one of the most underrated detective series around has US military policemen Ernie Bascom and George Sueno looking into further criminal doings in the demilitarized zone on the South Korean border.
Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer’s lyrics set the highest standards in the American songbook. Collaborating with Hoagy Carmichael, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, and Jerome Kern, among many others, he set unforgettable words to some of the most memorable melodies in popular music...