Ndiaye’s novel is haunting in its strangeness and is pointed in its warnings—that happiness cannot come at the expense of one’s core. Eerie, involving, and surreal, Marie... Read More

PTL is a fascinating study of the ignominious collapse of an evangelical empire. John Wigger’s PTL covers the famed Christian media empire of Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker. Theirs... Read More

This is a lovely and loving take on David’s early story. Paul Boorstin’s David and the Philistine Woman fleshes out the David and Goliath story as never before, populating... Read More

Donath’s study fills a gap in discussions of women’s lives and choices. Orna Donath’s Regretting Motherhood is a revealing study of women who dare to speak the... Read More

Hodel persists with grace in this continuing story of Tevye’s second daughter. Alexandra Silber’s acting credits include rounds on Broadway and in the West End as two of... Read More

A woman with wings is pulled down from the stars by the despairing god of the river, and is chained to the earth by his jealous love. Simultaneously, a village doctor’s... Read More

The Jewish Bible is a fascinating look at a work whose materiality is shown to be inseparable from its meaning. David Stern’s The Jewish Bible: A Material History is a... Read More

Road to Isabelle is a swift and involving look at the vicious engagements of the First Indochina War. J. C. Bourg’s Road to Isabelle is a highly atmospheric account of the... Read More

Hall’s volume draws meaning and continuity from the vast and diverse body of P. K. Irwin’s visual art. Within a series dedicated to the work of the lauded Canadian poet P.... Read More

The General’s Women imagines the most of a wartime relationship around which speculation swirled; the effects are irresistible. Susan Wittig Albert’s The General’s Women... Read More

Scary stories set in an Irish locale are packed full of grim deeds and unceasing violence. A bloodthirsty collection of madmen and murderers fill the Dublin woods in John C.... Read More

This is young adult work for a crowd that has not yet relinquished its claim to awe. Robin Gregory’s The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman is a strange and lovely work... Read More