LAbyrinth

“You don’t have to know anything about any of this to love this book.” —Carolyn See, The Washington Post…

Fobbit

“Fobbit is hilarious, but the subject matter is deadly serious. It is the rare writer–indeed, the rare person–who can step outside of himself and see with cold clarity the humor…

Terraplane

“Womack . . . performs feats of brilliance on many levels. . . . He succeeds in balancing blistering social commentary with shrewd literary experimentation. . . . Flecked with…

Levi’s Children

Lost Nation

“Lent is a skillful and confident storyteller, evoking the seasons, the dampness of the bogs and the muck and the madness that sometimes affects those living alone in the dark…

Worm: the First Digital World War, by Mark Bowden

The fascinating story of the Conficker computer worm and the cyber security elites who have joined forces in a high-tech game of cops and robbers to find its creators and…

Editors on Editing

“A superb collection of essays–wise, original, and “educational” in the best sense of the word. Every publisher, editor, writer and agent should buy at least one copy and then a…

Grove at Home: June 14—20

…in places of honor in North Carolina today — including on the University of North Carolina campus, where, he explains, students have identified at least thirty buildings today named after…

Home Schooling

“[An] elegant collection . . . Windley’s writing is calm and at times hypnotic, and her prose rhythms paint pictures of their own; she knows how to create the restful…

Grove at Home: November 1-7

…the state of political life in America. Who better to lead us in that thinking-through than the remarkable Roxane Gay? In an op-ed in today’s New York Times, Gay —…