Book Reviews
Visible Man
An intimate view of a great American writer
by Randall Kenan | Monday, December 02, 2019
The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison ·
History, Alive and Well
A writer’s tour of the Soviet world, 30 years after its collapse
by Graeme Wood | Monday, December 02, 2019
Pravda Ha Ha: True Travels to the End of Europe ·
A Biographer Looks Back
A noted practitioner reveals her tricks of the trade
by Ann Jefferson | Monday, December 02, 2019
Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me ·
A Founding Class
Two new studies of the man from Monticello
by Henry Wiencek | Monday, December 02, 2019
Thomas Jefferson’s Education by Alan Taylor ·
Questions of Inspiration
Should we try to see the poet in her poetry?
by Rachel Hadas | Monday, December 02, 2019
Love Unknown: The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth Bishop ·
The Barber of Language
A new collection from a celebrated prose stylist
by Sandra M. Gilbert | Monday, December 02, 2019
Essays One ·
Nationalist Anthems
Remembering a time when composers mattered more
by Sudip Bose | Monday, December 02, 2019
Dangerous Melodies ·
Pursuing the White Whale
A briny exploration of Melville’s greatest work
by William Howarth | Monday, December 02, 2019
Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick ·
Too Long Ignored
An engaging look at the forces that shaped history south of the border
by Richard Moe | Wednesday, November 06, 2019
Silver, Sword & Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story ·
Head Cases
Field notes on a beautiful friendship
by T. M. Luhrmann | Tuesday, September 03, 2019
And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks ·
