Love and loss Novels about the awkward ties that bind BY RICCO VILLANUEVA SIASOCO

With liberalism and justice for all
W. has liberals so hopping mad that all the heaviest hitters among them seem to be publishing books this year. Which ones to read?
BY DAVE DENISON

What's the big idea?
Sometimes it takes a non-philosopher to spell out the discipline’s deepest daily meaning
BY RUTH TOBIAS

Small packages
Boston is brimming with so-called little magazines, which pack big literary ambitions
BY NINA MACLAUGHLIN

The kings of comedy
George S. Kaufman and his pals
BY STEVE VINEBERG