Review: Shirley by Ronnie Scott

Ronnie Scott renders pre-pandemic life scintillatingly strange.

Review: Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones

Taught and supple as leather, menacing and poignant.

Review: The Island Of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

A sweeping, grandiose tale of love and war.

Review: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà (translated by Mara Feye Lethem)

A short, elemental novel pulsing with the rhythms of time.

Review: Marlo by Jay Carmichael

An evocative portrayal of queer life under oppression.

Review: Modern Nature by Derek Jarman

Sex, death, life, art — this diary about a garden has it all.

Review: Tomb Of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell)

An epic novel that pushes at the boundedness of things.

Review: Against Disappearance (edited by Leah Jing McIntosh and Adolfo Aranjuez)

A challenging, demanding and exciting collection of nonfiction.

Review: Losing Face by George Haddad

A comin-of-age that troubles long after the final sentence.

Sex and death with Tennessee Williams

In his two Pulitzer-winning plays Tennessee Williams puts the light on the shadowy corners of desire.