German art historian Zimmerman examines ways that the breast—“an overdetermined body part”—has been highly politicized, evoking contradictory and impassioned responses across many areas of Western culture throughout history. Translated by Barfoot, Zimmerman’s well-researched study draws on a wide-range of disciplines, including anthropology, psychology, theology, feminist theory, gender studies, and art history, to illuminate the connection …
First published in 1995 and 1996, Fosse’s Melancholy novels predate his much-admired Septology books, his best-known work among English readers. Fans of those books will detect the emergence of his signature style here—recursive, musical, stream-of-consciousness prose that circles hawklike over themes of art, faith, and death. Fosse’s subject is Lars Hertervig (1830-1902), a painter who …
Thad Hanlon tries to balance his dangerous job as a private eye with careful fathering of his 11-year-old son, mindful that Zael Hanlon has already lost one parent: His mom, Marissa, is now on “angel duty.” But when a sniper’s bullets fly across California’s Pismo Beach during the junior surf trial competition, wounding Zael and …
Jaycee Grayson is an Angelena who finds herself adrift in the rural town of Littleburgh, Wisconsin. Following the events of the previous book, Jaycee is still reeling from the collapse of the global doll empire she once worked for. Always an opportunist, she pivots to a new industry, joining forces with young Mennonite charcutier Naomi …
Lemoine recounts the life and often difficult times of her son, Andrew Reaster, a young Georgia resident who died in August 2025 at the age of 30. Reaster, who had been diagnosed with advanced colon cancer only months before, had overcome academic, social, and career difficulties over the course of his short life; the cancer …
The Glory Peak Ski Resort is founded in 1966 by Bill Macklemore, a World War II veteran–turned–ski instructor who developed a site near Fortooth into a premier skiing destination (it is said that “Fortooth was one of those towns where reality was far more potent than myth”). His devotion to his business is so all-encompassing …
What does it mean for the world to end? Spanish author Levi’s novel takes up that question both literally and figuratively. Largely structured as 19-year-old narrator Little Lea’s tale of her life, which she’s recounting to a man in search of his lost dog, this novel reckons with the appeal and dangers of home. “I …
