Karl Wolff

Ranging across the globe and excavating past and present, Colonies of Paradise by Matthias Göritz is a personal journey of self-discovery.

“The Rise and Reign of the Mammals is an important book, full of fascinating mammals and the dramatic history of mammal paleontology.”

“When Freedom Speaks by Lynn Greenky is an excellent introduction and exploration of the contentious field of First Amendment jurisprudence.

“Recommended reading for those looking for a more lighthearted take on a region riven by suffering and war.

“Accessible, challenging, and fun by turns, Speculative Los Angeles possesses everything a fan could want.”

“Tommy Pico brings his unique personal perspective to this volume.

A fragmentary meditation on death and decay, Of Darkness by Josefine Klougart stretches the concept of fictional narrative to its very limits. She redefines the novel in the process.

At its heart, every major city is a collection of neighborhoods. This includes New York City. Jonathan Brand, a former census taker and ad agency copywriter, knew New York City well.

“Gravity Is Stronger Here by Phyllis B. Dooney and Jardine Libaire acts both as a time capsule and a group portrait.

“Dirty Old Tank Girl by Alan Martin is good clean fun, apart from the swearing, violence, and brief nudity.

“Art After Stonewall is an engaging and illuminating chronicle of gay liberation.

“Young Once is an elegant noir written by a master prose stylist.”

“Brief and beautiful, Druillet’s genius shines through in this madcap adventure across post-apocalyptic wastes.”

“The sheer heft of the two volumes only hints at the vast poetical output of Ammons, a variegated array of poeticules and epics, intimate confessions and scientific hymns, wordplay and wond

The Last Days of Mankind (Die letzten Tage der Menschheit) was written by the Austrian critic and philosopher Karl Kraus. The play’s notoriety lay in its unwieldy length and run time.

“Art and Arcana offers glorious illustrations, fascinating backstories, and the occasional painful misstep of a franchise entering its 40th year.”

Exemplary Departures by Gabrielle Wittkop brings together four stories of inevitable death. Written with a Ms.

A painter witnesses angels moving on the ceiling of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. A girl wearing a boa of dead rabbits leads a gang of dead kids on a series of misadventures across the heavens.

Part backlash, part meditation, Nature Poem by Tommy Pico is an urban hipster’s struggle to write on a subject he feels is “stereotypical, reductive, and boring.” The poem’s power arises f

Violent, erotic, dreamlike, and weird: words that only scratch the surface in attempting to describe The Absolute Gravedigger, by Vítěslav Nezval. Mr.

“Vaseline Buddha is a brilliant example of contemporary South Korean literature.”

“If William Gibson, Michael Connelly, and Neil Gaiman wrote a series, it might end up looking like The Familiar.”

Taking its name from the iconic 1973 Martin Scorsese film, Mean Streets: NYC 1970–1985, this book by Edward Grazda captures the city in all its manic energy. In 1970 Mr.

“this isn’t the usual tearjerker cancer story. It is a gleefully offensive cancer story. It is the Blazing Saddles of cancer stories.”

“For Two Thousand Years by Mihail Sebastian is a hidden gem in European literature, shining a light on what happened in Romania between the wars.”

“Lead Poisoning is a fantastic voyage into the head of an artistic visionary.”

“In America, cars were real estate.

“a talented new voice in contemporary Nigerian literature.”

“I had a friend once. Indeed, at the time, I only had one friend. His names was Andrés and he lived in Paris and, much to my his delight, I travelled to that city to see him.

“Roger Lewinter casts an exacting eye upon himself, creating in prose a self-portrait worthy of Rembrandt.”

“[Lewinter’s] unique literary voice . . . is that of an obsessive, a philosopher, and a miniaturist.”

“a potent cocktail of political anger and radical formal experimentation.”

“The past and the future are her playground, and she relays an open invitation to all who seek a daring museum experience.”

Gerhard Richter is a painter.

William Merritt Chase (1849–1916) is a pivotal figure in the history of American art. He was a contemporary of James Whistler and John Singer Sargent.

“I’d intended to provoke; what I got instead was sixty reviews in a vacuum.” Jonathan Franzen said this after penning a little-known manifesto, before he published The Corrections, spurned

In the last months of the Ceauşescu regime, four people struggle to survive in the suffocating, corrupt, and ossified atmosphere of Romanian totalitarianism.

Sylvia Ji has created an artistic oeuvre melding elements of feminine lust and morbid death. Korero Press has assembled a retrospective collection with Day of the Dead and Other Works.

“a fable about ideological extremism under an avant-garde skin.”

“The German War is an important scholarly achievement in the field of modern German history, and it is written with an epic narrative sweep.”

The common perception of the Supreme Court as a conservative body remains a truism, if not a banal cliche.

“Patrick Modiano goes beyond the checklist accuracies of historical fiction, fashioning a lush fever dream filled with glamor, mystery, and despair.”

"In the second volume of Danielewski's ambitious series, strangeness abounds, characters connect, and hidden identities are revealed."

“a useful tool for an exploration of modern European artistic sensibilities.”

One day Gabby Schulz came down with a bad fever. The end result was Sick, published by Secret Acres.

“Match your pocket square with your shirt, shoes, socks, belt, hat, gloves or trousers.

“a masterpiece of concision and pain. . . . a literary achievement . . .”

“celebrates the still transgressive world of gay leathermen and Tom of Finland's place in Los Angeles’ architectural history.”

“a highly recommended read.”

In the United States, the current election season has brought forth a motley grab bag of presidential candidates.

In Tiny: Streetwise Revisited, the photographer Mary Ellen Mark chronicles the life of “Tiny” (Erin Charles), a street kid from Seattle.

“The author crafts passages of agonizing psychological self-torment with a master's ear for the perfect phrase.”

“a delightful sampler of the grotesque and absurd.”

On September 18, 1931, the Regensburger Echo ran a front-page article, “Suicide in Hitler's Apartment.” The body of Geli Raubal, Hitler's niece, was found with a single gunshot wound to th

Venice, renown the world over for its beauty and riches, becomes the setting for Gabrielle Wittkop's Murder Most Serene.

“Stick to the fundamentals, that's how IBM and Hilton were built . . .

“a fascinating peek into the genesis of Austria's controversial literary figure.”

The history of the United States is not only a parade of rugged individuals and hardy pioneers, but one of family dynasties, entrenched power relations, and colossal wealth.

Set in the year 2056, My Wet Hot Drone Summer by Lex Brown follows Mia Garner and her stepbrother on a road trip across the United States.

In the 1920s, Franz Tügel, a Lutheran pastor from a wealthy Hamburg merchant family, gave a sermon to a church full of SA men.

“Understanding the full scope of The Familiar is akin to counting the raindrops.”

The news coming from Syria is not good. The initial exhilaration and hope ignited by the Arab Spring has faded into the background.

“Unger's biography of John Marshall reveals how he saved the nation, but also democracy's fragility.”

“What Dubler has produced in his weeklong observance of activities is a rare combination of prison anthropology, deep journalism, history of religiosity in the United States, and a personal

“Gordis has written a concise and exciting political biography of Menachem Begin. . . .

“. . . with modern permutations of American fun, American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt offers a history that is about fun and is fun to read.

“The Burglary shows how a small group of committed individuals performed the bravest act of all, exposing Hoover . . .”

“. . . for those interested in the Cold War, intelligence history, and British decolonization, the book proves indispensible.”

“. . . . funny, bitter, hopeful, and raging.”

“. . . an excellent anthology of witty prose, astute analysis, and frenzied rage.”

“. . . educates and entertains in equal measure, . . .”

“. . . an informative and challenging introduction to Zbigniew Brzezinski.”

“Mr. Vásquez weaves together memory and imagery into a seamless whole.”

“. . . a fascinating exploration of some lesser-known corners of the Asian continent and a portrait of a marriage under extreme circumstances . . .”

“. . . a meaty slab of literary realism in the tradition of Charles Dickens, Honoré de Balzac, and Émile Zola . . .”