books
When the Mob Expanded Into Small-Town America
In the new book ‘Smalltime,’ Russell Shorto investigates his own family and the long reach of organized crime after Prohibition
‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ Is the Perfect Journey for a Sensitive Kid
Norton Juster’s classic novel isn’t about good versus evil, but reason, emotion and self-discovery
The Last Gasp of the Gen X Nerd Kings
A crappy sequel book and a disgraced genre director are signs of a very specific type of guy and so-called generational voice on the way out
Coronavirus Erotica Tells the Unhinged History of a Plague Year
You can tell a lot about what we’ve been through from our pandemic-themed smut
