INCISIVE, DEEPLY PERSONAL reflection on the impact of AIDS and gentrification on New York’s queer avant-garde.

REVISITING THE FAMOUS psychiatric case written up as “Sybil” reveals collusion, overinterpretation, and fraud.

THE EXTRAORDINARY LITERARY HISTORY of gay writers in America, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries.

AN ELEGANT COLLAGE OF a memoir from writer, art historian Rosamond Bernier; fun and gossipy about the greats.

IMPECCABLY RESEARCHED BIOGRAPHY of the fascinating 19th century American Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller.

BEAUTIFULLY CURATED COLLECTION of Victorian detective stories includes old favorites and some new finds.

ROBBERIES, FORGERIES, DRAMA abound in this history of the Shakespeare First Folio, a Holy Grail among books.

BEAUTIFULLY NUANCED, POETIC essays on art, life, culture, and a black woman’s experience from Ntozake Shange.

STORY-WITHIN-A-STORY starts with a bang and ends with a whimper. Even Byron can’t make this novel sizzle!

FUNNY, SNARKY, INSIGHTFUL celebration of romance novels, and of the ways many readers find them empowering.