The Sleepwalkers and Rope-a-Dope, mixed-media artworks by Deborah Roberts, whose work was on view in July at Stephen Friedman Gallery, in London. Courtesy the artist and The Studio Museum in…

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For Rebeca López, from Bleeding from All 5 Senses, published this month by White Pine Press. Translated from the Spanish by Cole Heinowitz. You were born from the sperm of…

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From Why I Write?, a collection of prose published this month by Karolinum Press. Hrabal (1914–1997) was a Czech writer known for his novels Closely Watched Trains and I Served…

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Workbench with Underwood, a painting by Dickon Drury, whose work was on view in August at Koppe Astner, in Glasgow, Scotland. Courtesy the artist; Koppe Astner, Glasgow, Scotland; and Galerie…

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From reports of conditions in the New York City Housing Authority’s public-housing units since 2017. Unidentified children likely poisoned by lead paintMold in the apartments of asthmaticsBroken air conditioners in…

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Photographs by Stephen Gill from The Pillar, a monograph published this year by Nobody Books. Gill photographed a pillar and the birds it attracted on his property in Skåne, Sweden,…

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From 97,196 Words, a collection of the author’s non-fiction writing, published this month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This story was written as a statement of intent for a film…

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From an interview with Vladimir Nabokov conducted by Alberto Ongaro in 1966 for L’Europeo, included in Think, Write, Speak: Uncollected Essays, Reviews, Interviews, and Letters to the Editor, a book…

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From interviews of two residents of the Ibis Golf and Country Club by Palm Beach Post reporter Tony Doris. Doris interviewed the homeowners, Siobhan Casimano and Cheryl Katz, after Casimano…

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From Night Boat to Tangier, a novel published in September by Doubleday. At the Café Central, in Plaza de la Constitución, he drank café solo and waited. Around him there was…

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From descriptions of behaviors of magistrates at the Virginia Beach Magistrate Office. The accusations were included in a complaint filed this year by a female magistrate against the Office of…

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From Daybook 1918: Early Fragments, which was published in September by Northwestern University Press. Foix (1893–1987) was a poet and a journalist engaged in the Catalan nationalist movement. Edited and…

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“Untitled #8, To Want for Nothing,” and “Untitled #3, To Want for Nothing,” photographs by Laura Letinsky, whose work was on view last month at Yancey Richardson, in New York…

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A venison of loveliness, a painting by Sanam Khatibi, whose work is on view this month at P.P.O.W., in New York City. Courtesy the artist; Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels; and P.P.O.W.,…

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“Lucy Watering at Night, 1973,” a photograph by Michael Jang, from his monograph, Who Is Michael Jang?, which was published in September by Atelier Éditions. Jang’s work is on view…

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Louder, Power Tower, and Street Light, paintings by An Gyungsu, whose work was on view in June at PIBI Gallery, in Seoul. Courtesy the artist and PIBI Gallery, Seoul

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Friend: Jana, a mixed-media artwork by Ann Toebbe, whose work was on view in July at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, in New York City. Courtesy the artist and Tibor De…

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From an interview with Neil Davidson published in the Summer 2019 issue of New Politics. Davidson teaches at the University of Glasgow. His most recent book, We Cannot Escape History,…

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From The Collector of Leftover Souls, a collection of non-fiction published this month by Graywolf Press. This story, first published in the Brazilian magazine Época, is based on a week the…

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From Fear of Description, a book of narrative poetry published this month by Penguin.

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From “The Fool,” which appears in The Fool and Other Moral Tales, a collection of stories published last month by New Directions. Translated from the French by Mark Hutchinson. I…

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From modifications made to photographs of suspects by N.Y.P.D. officers before entering them into facial-­recognition software, as referenced in “Garbage In, Garbage Out: Face Recognition on Flawed Data,” a report…

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A photograph by Demetris Koilalous from Caesura: The Duration of a Sigh, a monograph about the experience of migrants who cross the Aegean Sea to Greece, which was published last…

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Hamlet, a hand-embroidered found photograph by Julie Cockburn, from her monograph Stickybeak, which was published by Chose Commune in September. Cockburn’s work is on view this month at Flowers Gallery,…

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From user reviews on Amazon of Pinot Meow, a non-alcoholic beet-based drink for cats that is marketed as “cat wine.” My cat loved itMy cats didn’t seem to like itMy…

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From a manuscript in progress. Or the one drunken half-quarter grand uncle recallingThe sound speckled apples on his fabled real daddy’sCoastal orchard made falling multidimensionallyTo the vaguely salty combination of…

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“Fent’s Prairie, near Salina, Kansas, Late May, 2018,” a photograph by Terry Evans, whose work was on view in March at Catherine Edelman Gallery, in Chicago. © The artist. Courtesy…

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Three Trick Pony, a painting by David Hytone, whose work was on view in July at Gallery 16, in San Francisco. Courtesy the artist and Gallery 16, San Francisco

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