By: Anthony Miller

He writes about — as well as into — the ineffable.

By: Marilyn Berlin Snell

Her political awareness mirrored the photographic process.

By: William Nericcio

His vision of Mexico was minimalist and tragic.

By: Brian Berger

A military comedy, a corporate espionage tale, a wicked sex romp.

By: Mark Kingwell

From his mother’s sleep he fell into the State.

By: Adrienne Crew

He mocked authority with irony and absurdity.

By: Jerrold Freitag

He puts Hermes back in charge of hermeneutics.

By: Devin McKinney

Vlad the Impaler was happy to play the role of an absent God.

By: Robert Wringham

He wrote a funny, angry portrait of working-class life.

By: Tom Nealon

He locates the key to our humanity within the permutations of our weirdness.

By: Suzanne Fischer

Her theme was the wobble in the heart of the universe.

By: Anthony Miller

He hated middlebrow and appreciated madness.

By: Robert Wringham

His boarding-school girls smoked, gambled and even murdered.

By: Joshua Glenn

The best adventure novels from 1964 — 50 years ago.

By: Brian Berger

He fought against “the little men of War and Bias.”