Eat Him if You Like, by Jean Teulé, would be horrifying enough even if it […]
The Laws of Medicine, by Siddhartha Mukherjee
I suspect that the vast majority of us know very little about how one becomes […]
Reading when you’re ill
For the last four days, I have felt awful. I spent most of my time […]
This week on the bookish internet
Kiril Medvedev writes about why he releases his poetry into the wild, without copyright, on The […]
The Mystics of Mile End, by Sigal Samuel
It’s not often that a man’s children rebel against him by turning to religion. It’s […]
The Empathy Exams, by Leslie Jamison
On the cover of my edition of The Empathy Exams, by Lesli Jamison, Mary Karr says […]
We That Are Left, by Clare Clark
When a loved one dies, their story ends. Their bereaved, however, have to find a […]
At Home, by Bill Bryson
Home is the place we feel utterly comfortable. Things are arranged the way we like. […]
The Gap of Time, by Jeanette Winterson
I went to sleep last night thinking about Lear, Othello, and Leontes. Not having read […]