Melville House Books

Joan Didion has called the work of Bob Woodward–whose expose of the Trump administration, Fear, appeared last week–”political pornography.” By this she meant it was a reductive (if gratifying on… Read more »

There’s something powerful about the way a writer’s mind reacts to old, empty spaces. Whether it’s a rotted hole in the floor or the abandoned remains of a crumbling hallway, a… Read more »