Jé Wilson

That Sinking Feeling

Memoirs of survival at sea plunge the reader deep into the heart of human nature.

Real Misfits in Real Gardens

The Italian director Alice Rohrwacher’s films often focus on incongruous moments of enchantment within communities living at the margins of society.

Ducks in the Drawing Room

The disorienting vitality of Barbara Comyns’s novels is one reason they tend to be forgotten and revived every few decades.

Swimming Away from the Boat

Following the Golden Globe Race, a nonstop solo circumnavigation by old-fashioned sailboat, gives one a real sense of being out at sea.