Books
Off the Shelves
By Book StaffThe Jefferson Bible by Thomas Jefferson, with an introduction by Percival Everett;The Japan Journals by Donald Richie; February House by Sherill Tippins
Ron Padgett’s Joe, A Memoir of Joe Brainard
By Phong BuiIt’s uncommon for two young friends from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to exhibit a common affinity for self-salvation and a deep love for art and literature.
In Conversation
George Braziller with Phong Bui
What got me into publishing was actually my first job. I was a shipping clerk making $15 a week, and the nature of that work was remainders. I knew very little about remainders or book publishing, but as I worked with these books, I got a sense of the kind of books that people were reading.
In Conversation
All The Presidents as Men—Stephen Graubard
By John ReedHas the U.S. presidency had a consistent reaction to disasters and human suffering around the world?
The End to Mishra
By Hirsh SawhneyPankaj Mishra and his latest work, An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004)
