Dwight Garner

The New York City writer and painter Joe Brainard comes alive in a new collection of letters.

Her new novel, “Intermezzo,” considers love in its various permutations.

Orhan Pamuk’s illustrated notebooks lead us to the great writer’s mind, then ask us to remain outside.

In a new biography, Peter Ames Carlin chronicles the rise of an indispensable band and the evolution of its music.

A new collection of personal letters tracks the neurologist’s raucous self-discovery and venerable career.

A new biography of one of the quintessential artists of the 20th century.

With a weekly newsletter and plenty of charm, the left-wing writer Claud Cockburn became a crucial polemical voice of the 20th century.

A biography of the singer behind “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” and “Short People” considers a complicated man with a satirical edge.

A new book chronicles the last 50 years of a notorious American tabloid.

The Irish city, once home to the likes of James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, is known for its bookstores, libraries and pubs, where writers found inspiration over pints of Guinness.