Ola Szczecinska returns to Warsaw to visit her grandmother, and to keep from losing her memories.

Mary Schendlinger on Natalia Ginzburg's narrative of her family during the rise of Hitler and Mussolini.

Han Fusen navigates multiculturalism and kookoo sabzi from inside a Persian grocery store.

Patty Osborne on the mixed review of Crazy Rich Asians.

Jill Mandrake on the surprising effect of peanut brittle.

Kris Rothstein on the current state of employment in Bullshit Jobs and Temp.

Michael Hayward on a selection of work from the writing collective known as "the Beats"

The final volume of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle allows us to compare Karl Ove’s literary edifice with others of similar ilk—and bulk.

In Peterborough, Pastor Billy cures arthritis, back pain, bone spurs, lymphoma, stage four liver cancer, sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation

Reading is a subversive activity and does not believe in the convention of borders.

Michael Hayward on a collection of conversations with Brion Gysin—writer and counterculture legend.

Notes from the Governor General’s Literary Awards.