Serving Pleasure, by Alisha Rai hide caption
Three Books... Why three? We live in a three-dimensional world, colored with hues that break down into a trio of primary colors. Our souls (according to Plato) and our psyches (according to Freud) are trilithic. Three is a number that allows for conversation, completion, understanding. And so "Three Books..." invites writers to recommend three great reads on a single theme.
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Craig Nova's writing has also appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review and The New York Times Magazine. Courtesy of Tandem Literary hide caption
The Krasnaya Polyana mountain range, viewed from the Olympic host city of Sochi, shows off the stunning landscape of southern Russia. Richard Heathcote/Getty Images hide caption
The original paperback cover for Joanna Russ' 1975 novel The Female Man (detail above) called the book "startling." hide caption
On both sides of the Atlantic, the 1920s saw strict gender roles bend — and break — as new kinds of relationships were tested in life and literature. Here, British actor Leslie Henson and his wife Madge Saunders show off the spirit of subversion in November 1920. Brooke/Getty Images hide caption
The view from a Finnish sauna shows the short-lived beauty of summers near the Arctic circle. wili_hybrid/Flickr hide caption
Old suitcases displayed in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Nelson Mandela, with his wife, Winnie, walks to freedom after 27 years in prison on Feb. 11, 1990, in Cape Town. AP hide caption
