Public Art: Burhan Dogançay’s father, a painter, sent him to Paris from Istanbul to study economics. He had to promise not to study art or play soccer. Dogançay kept his promise, more or less, until he graduated and visited New York.... Read More

Although he has been in the “God business” as a pastor for over thirty years, Ken Wilson knows that “Jesus is a presence distinct from the religion that represents him,” and that “We are drawn to him (or not) for reasons that... Read More

Deston Lesperance’s world is in turmoil. His mother is missing, presumed dead, and he is being shipped to France to live with a cousin of his mother’s, whom he’s never heard of before. This premise alone would be enough to create a... Read More

Before the blog came the ’zine—an abbreviation of fanzine which described a fan-created, small-circulation publication directed typically at a subject or subjects of shared interest: a band, perhaps, or a grassroots political issue,... Read More

By Crystal’s own admission, "By Hook or by Crook" is a linguistic travelogue. Normally a writer of textbooks and dictionaries—utterly self-contained literary worlds—this book takes a meandering path through the Welsh countryside... Read More

Unlike the other rabbits in the Puffy-Tails clan Bramble is a yellowish-orange bunny who stammers stutters and farts excessively and noisily. As ravenous wolves surround the Puffy-Tails preparing to attack at sunrise the bunnies must... Read More

Katie and Joe are altar-bound in "Weddings Can Be Murder" (Dorchester 978-0-505-52731-8) but their plans hit a snag when the wedding planners killer locks Katie in a room with a sexy private detective. Carl has given up on women but he... Read More

Comic art has entered an unprecedented global upswing. If comics now signify art, then the wordless graphic novel has a claim on the highest art yet achieved. Perhaps the absence of dialogue impels the artist—a small number of artists... Read More