Maryse Meijer Sketches the Figure of Cruelty in ‘Northwood’
Most books are an experience, some books act as precious objects, but occasionally—when many stars and aesthetics align—a book can be both.
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Chopped Cheese and Pure Evil: On Alcy Leyva’s ‘And Then There Were Crows’
The whole business of protecting New York from pure evil could devolve into a depressing and torturous burden but Leyva is willing to be funny about it all.
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The Arrangements: Coming of Age with Books
The violence ends. It was the first time I learned that sex could repair a broken person, like an epoxy.
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