Before the clocks fall back and steal an hour of sun, I’m snatching every moment of outdoor reading time I can get. Our editors and contributors have a book list to sweeten your mid-autumn reading, too. For documentary lovers, Pooja G. Rangan’s book turns the medium inside out. For those in search of guidance, Susan Gubar chronicles the work made by beloved women artists toward the end of their lives, proving that creative discovery has no timeline. For Studio Museum devotees, a collection book harmonizes the artwork and the people who make the Harlem institution such a force. Find your next read below. —Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor
Hew Locke: Passages, edited by Martina Droth and Allie Biswas
Hew Locke is one of the best artists of our time. His multi-leaved work probes, dissects, stings, aches, and forgives. And out of all of his decades-long excavation and deconstruction of the aftermaths and afterlives of colonialism, and the forces of good and evil, truth and beauty emerge. Long in the planning, this significant publication will enlighten you about Locke’s massive repertoire and the beating heart that guides it.