The Book Bench

Bunnies and moons and fairy tales not for you? “Go the Fuck to Sleep” is a charming new bedtime story for parents and kids.

Breaking news: in Action Comics No. 900, Superman renounces his American citizenship.

The Review Review on what editors actually want in a submission. Tip: read the magazine.

Can’t get away this spring? Books for the armchair traveller come to the rescue.

Hisham Matar, a Booker Prize nominee, talks about the power of Libyan fiction today.

After more than a hundred and twenty years, an uncensored version of “The Picture of Dorian Gray” will be published for the first time.

Does Shakespeare somehow invent us, or do we invent him? James Shapiro reviews “The Tragedy of Arthur.”

Transcribing at the speed of speech: the dying art of stenography.