Nina MacLaughlin

Nina MacLaughlin lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has written for the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Globe, The Believer, Bookslut, Meatpaper, and elsewhere. She blogs about carpentry (and books and sex) at carpentrix.tumblr.com.

3 Must Reads

This week: the story of James Madison’s slaves, a quixotic balloon trip to the North Pole, and the unusual, captivating stories of Pam Houston.

Kevin Canfield

Must Read Novels

From detective noir set in the Warsaw ghetto to a woman who can hear everything, four new novels not to be missed.

Lucy Scholes