A new arrival in a sleepy Louisiana parish wakes things up in this sly small-town comedy. Read more...

One of the most contradictory personalities of the 20th century turned out to be one of its most pivotal. Read more...

A Dutch physician unveils the history -- both mythological and medical -- of a sensitive area. Read more...

A tart-tongued society woman is the centerpiece of this audacious satire on a ruling class's way of life. Read more...

Three young Native Americans leave the reservation and try to make their way in the wilderness of 1950s Los Angeles. Read more...

The novelist and editor offers an essay on the art of conversation worthy of Montaigne. Read more...

The author of Julie and Julia pens a follow-up memoir that cuts a little closer to the bone. Read more...

The creation of one of fiction's most enduring heroines makes rich fodder for a tale of a young writer's ambition. Read more...

A legendary work of graphic memoir reappears -- in all of its disturbed glory.

After his failed raid on Harper's Ferry, the man some called a traitor and others a hero was brought to a final, sensational trial. Read more...

A horn player lost between eras, found again in a glorious new work of photography. Read more...