Set in an alternate version of America’s recent past, Elliot Ackerman’s latest, “Halcyon,” is a chilling novel about two self-made men confronting a world that seems to be moving on without them. It grapples with what history means, who is affected by it, and how the complexities of our shared future rest on the dual foundations of remembering and forgetting.
“Wellness,” by Nathan Hill, is a poignant and witty novel about marriage, the often-baffling pursuit of health and happiness, and the stories that bind...
Billy Collins is a former Poet Laureate of the United States and is the author of twelve collections of poetry. His latest is Water,...
In Sue Monk Kidd’s, new novel, “The Book of Longing,” she imagines a young woman named Ana, who becomes the wife of Jesus. The...
