A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
Vanishing Point
By Ellen Prentiss Campbell
A detailed re-imagining of 19th-century painter George Hetzel and his kin.
Agnes Lives!: A Novel
By Hallie Elizabeth Newton
A woman is sick of it all, and readers will be, too.
The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
By Kimon de Greef
Meet a self-styled shaman who got high on his own supply.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Hope House: A Novel
By Joe Bond
Troubled teens in a group home learn how to become men.
An Interview with Karen Torghele
By Laura Fisher Kaiser
The epidemiologist-turned-biographer gives an unsung polio conqueror his due.
Triage
By Claudia Rankine
A keenly observed, challenging exploration of where we are right now.
The Colonel and the King
By Peter Guralnick
How well do we know the Svengali behind the singer?
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
