• When I’m at loose ends at the library or a used bookstore I’ll look through the stacks for the green spines that mark a Virago paperback; even if I’ve never heard of the author I know I’ll go home with an interesting book. In a tribute to the series, Jonathan Coe makes some trenchant observations on the critical dismissal of female authors, then and now.
• The new issue of Virginia Quarterly Review is devoted to “South America in the 21st Century.” Among the online offerings: A piece on the effects of ecotourism on the Galápagos and an excerpt from Roberto Ubiquibolaño’s Nazi Literature in the Americas.
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
