Books

Exposing the Fine Lines
A review of Susie Linfield’s The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence. By Chris Herlinger

What Broken Souls Can Teach
A review of Julia Lieblich and Esad Boškailo’s Wounded I Am More Awake: Finding Meaning after Terror. By Will Joyner

For the People
Sari Nusseibeh’s What Is a Palestinian State Worth? By Jeffrey Johnson

No Salvation from Angst
Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Marriage Plot: A Novel. By Mara Willard

The Pen Is Mightier
Sexism is still rampant in reviews and responses to women’s writing (especially discussions of religion), but we can counter this bias. By Sarah Sentilles

The Meaning of a Saint
Vrajaprana’s Interpreting Ramakrishna: Kali’s Child Revisited. By Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

Into the Infinite Together
Patti Smith’s Just Kids. By Stephanie Paulsell

Thin Wings
Susan Howe’s That This. By Amy Hollywood

‘Nox,’ or the Muteness of Things
Anne Carson’s Nox. By Charles M. Stang

Deciding to Trust
Hans Küng’s What I Believe. By Bradley Shingleton