Haruki Murakami will publish his first short story collection in nine years this spring. Men Without Women will feature five previously published stories (including the controversial “Drive My Car”) and one new story. The book comes out in Japan in April, but there is no word on when we’ll see an English translation.
First Murakami Collection in Almost A Decade
Attention Alice Munro Fans
Good news: There's a new Alice Munro collection coming this fall.
All the Pretty Horses
There's a quiet war being waged against Wyoming's wild horse population, reports The Altantic's Andrew Cohen.
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Disturbing the Book Reviews
Over at The New York Times, our own Garth Risk Hallberg reviews A. M. Homes' May We Be Forgiven. And in October, so did we.
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Down In a Heartbeat
"Thank God someone finally wrote that exact book. It’s like a bible for people who don’t believe in God." Sebastian Junger at By the Book on Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.