I’m not telling you to read David Foster Wallace’s newly-released posthumous novel The Pale King. I haven’t read it yet. In fact, I haven’t read The Infinite Jest (though it’s being shipped to me as I write). I’ve read a few of Wallace’s magazine articles, his...

You don’t need me to tell you to read Anne Lamott’s new novel, Imperfect Birds, because you probably will, regardless. And I’ll do my best not to ruin anything for you. Out in April from Riverhead Books (a member of the Penguin Group), Imperfect Birds is the third installment in the story of Rosie...