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November 23, 2009
Reader's Diary

New Worlds

By BROOKE ALLEN

From Wallace Shawn to Geraldo Rivera, uneasy crossings of horizons moral and physical. Read more...

November 20, 2009
The Thinking Read

Thucydides: the Reinvention of History

By DONALD KAGAN
Essay by A.C. Grayling

Why a chronicle of the struggle between two Mediterranean city-states still matters. Read more...

November 18, 2009
Drawn to Read

Last Night in Twisted River

In the latest novel from John Irving, a father and son are on the run from a Javert-like pursuer. Read more...

November 9, 2009
Rock & Roll &

Paisley's Progress

Essay by ROBERT CHRISTGAU

A country star finds his voice. Read more...

November 6, 2009
The Criminalist

Tokyo Vice

By JAKE ADELSTEIN
Reviewed by Sarah Weinman

An American-born reporter working the police beat in Japan renders a riveting picture of violence beneath a society's orderly surface. Read more...

November 2, 2009
Reading Romance

In Praise of Decent Men

By ELOISA JAMES

Forget about that smoldering demon lover for a minute -- take another look at the boy next door. Read more...

October 30, 2009
Library Without Walls

Ecstasies

By CARLO GINZBURG, Translated from the Italian by RAYMOND ROSENTHAL
Essay by Mirchael Dirda

The fascinating folklore of the witches' sabbath in medieval Europe. Read more...

October 29, 2009
The Speculator

The Year of the Flood

By MARGARET ATWOOD
Essay by Paul Di Filippo

In Margaret Atwood's new novel, the nearest of futures continues to breed wild dreams and compelling nightmares. Read more...

October 26, 2009
Reader's Diary

Ascents, Flights, and Fogs

By BROOKE ALLEN

A new memoir from a daughter of a tragically brilliant union; an elegant critic; and the joys of crime by gaslight. Read more...

October 21, 2009
The Thinking Read

Ayn Rand and the World She Made

By ANNE C. HELLER
Essay by A.C. Grayling

A visionary of human liberty or a self-serving cult mistress? The enigma of the author of The Fountainhead. Read more...

October 16, 2009
Rock & Roll &

A Classic Illustrated

Essay by ROBERT CHRISTGAU

The creator of Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat takes on...the Creation. Read more...

October 12, 2009
Drawn to Read

The Wild Things

Dave Eggers makes a novel out of Maurice Sendak's classic picture story. An illustrated review by Ward Sutton. Read more...

October 7, 2009
The Criminalist

Falling Angel

Essay by SARAH WEINMAN

William Hjortsberg’s Masterpiece of New York Noir Read more...

October 5, 2009
Reading Romance

Help, Help, Save Me!

By ELOISA JAMES

Rescue Me! Read more...

September 28, 2009
Reader's Diary

Introspections

By BROOKE ALLEN

New maps of the inner landscape from Carol Windley, and classic explorations of the ego revisted. Read more...

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Daybook
November 23: On this day in 1644 John Milton published his pamphlet, Areopagitica, a Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England. Having just returned from a visit to the imprisoned Galileo, Milton’s famous…
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Previously in Daybook
In the Margin
What children's book character do Noam Chomsky, Newt Gingrich, and Hugh Hefner share an affection for? Readers of this blog will remember our asking that question…
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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...