There are a number of lovely performances in The Paris Review’s second set of selected interviews, and a somewhat greater proportion of duller ones. More

In turning again to the writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel, which had such an impact in the 1950s and ’60s, I was startled by how much vitality they still possess. More

The Book Review picks the best works from the last year.
MAN GONE DOWN
By Michael Thomas. Black Cat/Grove/Atlantic, paper, $14. This first novel explores the fragmented personal histories behind four desperate days in a black writer’s life.
OUT STEALING HORSES
By Per Petterson. Translated by Anne Born. Graywolf Press, $22. In this short yet spacious Norwegian novel, an […]

Joseph Weisberg has used some of what he learned while training to be a case officer with the Central Intelligence Agency to write his latest novel, “An Ordinary Spy.” More

Sheldon M. Novick’s James led a life as emotionally, sexually and financially complex as those of the characters in his fiction. More

Unlike Miss Skattergoods, Detective Oakwood did not have a large glass of gin to keep him occupied as he waited in the woods. More

Before radio and TV dethroned the book, social reformers warned about reading too much, not too little. More