Books

Laurie Penny writes a book about how to deliver change while actual feminists are getting their hands dirty

In What Do Men Want?, Nina Power crafts a peace treaty between the sexes

While away the winter with would-be classics

To strive, to struggle, to sweat, is to be human

The Lyrics: the autobiography Paul McCartney never wrote

An intellectual tries — and fails — to find deep philosophical justifications for the modern wave of tattooing

T. S. Eliot would despair at this year’s shortlist for the prize in his name

This is an eloquent book that describes the architecture, culture, topography, and social life of a vibrant city

A growing body of literature deals with the horrors of WWII from a German point of view

Harold Rosenberg’s mixed legacy counterbalanced both Communism and formalism