A glimpse into Guantánamo Bay’s library

Nina Martyris: From the well-thumbed – Danielle Steele – to the untouched classics, pictures posted by US journalists show the reading matter permitted in the world's most controversial prison

Misery memoirs: why is it different for Muslim women?

Memoirs about the suffering of women in Islamic states are being slated for supporting a patronising attitude towards those societies. So why didn't the same criticism apply to Frank McCourt or Dave Peltzer, asks Samira Ahmed

Poster poems: religion

Billy Mills: Whether you're believer, blasphemer or Buddhist – this month's commandment is to share with us your spiritual scribblings