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Books
When freedom from terror was a birthright
Lawrence Wright’s greatest-hits collection of investigative work gives authoritative insight into the war on terror
The Jungle South of the Mountain explores animal intelligence
Andrew Westoll’s story of a primatologist and his capuchins aptly describes animals’ grace and intelligence—but is unfortunately plodding and derivative
How we judge sexual assault perpetrators—and their victims
Zoe Whittall’s latest novel navigates the minefield of consent, rape and insiders turned to the outside
In News from the Red Desert, chaos rules
The real news from Kevin Patterson’s desert: it hardly matters who is right
Author Mike Barnes steps out from the darkness
Righteous anger—and mental illness—are at the heart of a masterful new noir crime novel
Mike Barnes on the collective fear of Alzheimer’s
The author has one question when he visits his mother: Where is everybody?
Mike Barnes on his favourite places to read
The author, who was once a janitor, hunkered down with his books in a "freighted elevator"
Mike Barnes on living and writing with the beast of mental illness
It has taken me decades to learn how to align the desire to write with severe mental fluctuation
Mike Barnes on being ’upfront’ about mental illness
The author on the ways in which mental illness helps—not hinders—its sufferers