Library of Artistic Print on Demand
This book offers a plethora of highly imaginative moves that artists, writers, and publishers around the world are doing with Print on Demand technology. Reviewed by Richard Kostelanetz
The Old Man by the Sea
This novel makes as fine an introduction as any to the work of Domenico Starnone, grand master of the Italian literary scene. Reviewed by Rick Henry
Dr. Werthless
This graphic biography of Dr. Frederic Wertham, written by Harold Shechter and illustrated by Eric Powell, tells a more nuanced story than the one most comics fans are used to hearing. Reviewed by Hank Kennedy
Pink Lady
Sentimental without being saccharine, Denise Duhamel’s Pink Lady takes readers through her mother’s decline and death at a nursing home in Rhode Island. Reviewed by George Longenecker
Portalmania
Debbie Urbanski’s stories turn the world outside-in, boldly exposing the psychic core of what is unsaid and unseen in all its brilliant, hard-to-define strangeness. Reviewed by Alissa Hattman
Europe Without Borders
Rarely has the complexity of Europe’s recent border issues, and its mix of national and transnational inclinations, been as carefully documented as in journalist Isaac Stanley-Becker’s new book. Reviewed by Poul Houe
Abundant Life
For Hank Lazer, religious practice and innovative poetry both offer contemplative opportunities to keep the world fresh, open, and complicated. Reviewed by Jefferson Hansen
Chronicle of Drifting
To witness the power of the surreal to startle and delight, readers should open this debut poetry collection by Yuki Tanaka. Reviewed by John Bradley
Flight into Fiction: An Interview with John Tottenham
Los Angeles-based writer John Tottenham discusses his first novel, Service, as well as his previous books, literary influences, artistic collaborations, and the “painful” work of editing art criticism. Interviewed by Zack Kopp