In a world of dwindling reviews, the author Lydia Davis’s new work charts a more serendipitous path to reading.

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Raoul Peck's essay film about the creation of "1984" uses George Orwell's words and writings as a jumping-off point to chart ...

Towards the end of her clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing, author Lily Dunn quotes ...

Our writer interviews Purdue professor Donald Platt on his new book-length poem Tender Voyeur, which explores Platt’s complex journey of embracing his bisexuality.

Jonathan D. Fitzgerald is not having a midlife crisis. At least, that's what he thought — then he read MIT philosophy ...

Two new books, on Kwame Nkrumah’s promise and Idi Amin’s tyranny, capture the soaring hopes and bitter aftermath of Africa’s ...

This autumn’s non-fiction shelves are stocked full of music memoirs, alternative histories of Britain and, a little more ...