In his 2023 book The Art Thief, author Michael Finkel crucially observed (my book review here) that “art is the result of facing almost no survival pressure of all.” So true, and it raises ...
All the spectacular 19 th century Russian culture came to mind while reading Amor Towles’s newest book, Table for Two ... asked by Jerry at the story’s end about whether “my wife would ...
If you want to store your books in a more ingenious way than cramming them in a shelf, try this clever DIY book stand using scrap wood you already have.
A new memoir by the tech mogul recounts a boyhood steeped in old-fashioned, analog pastimes as well as precocious feats of coding. By Jennifer Szalai It’s among the more playful matters on his ...
The narrator’s putative road trip must end. What will happen when she goes home to face her life? July’s moving, very funny book is at once buoyant about the possibilities of starting over and ...