The Empty Chair

Bruce Wagner’s poetic oddity shines in novellas charting two “gurus”: a Buddhist looking for peace in Big Sur after the death of his son, and an aging party animal getting a second chance at her abandoned voyage to India.

PurseMed

  “In recent years, some of Dr. Goldberg’s patients have made unusual requests… [including] his accompaniment to a stressful M.R.I. where Dr. Goldberg held the patient’s toe to supply comfort…. [In his new concierge medical practice,...

The Wisdom of the Myths

This genial look at “How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life” from La Sorbonne philosopher Luc Ferry achieves a Herculean task: articulating what the Olympian gods teach us about the limits and virtues of mortality.