An excerpt from critic Skye Arundhati Thomas's new book about the Indian painter Lalitha Lajmi, now out with Sternberg Press.

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

In a world that often values strength over vulnerability, it can be hard to know what it truly means to be honest before God ...