God on the Syllabus
A century after Bryan took on Darrow, battles over public school curricula rage on
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The Hundred Years' Trial: Law, Evolution, and the Long Shadow of Scopes v. Tennessee Alexander Gouzoules and Harold Gouzoules
Dada Mama
The writer who made modernism mainstream
By Anne Matthews Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife Francesca Wade
Divided Front
A conflict’s conflicted history
By Jon Zobenica Tuesday, September 2, 2025
The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II David Nasaw
The Seeker and the Sought
A prominent Buddhist scholar’s quest to unify East and West
By Costică Brădăţan Thursday, August 21, 2025
Buddha, Socrates, and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times by Stephen Batchelor
Streams of Consciousness
A writer’s intrepid exploration of troubled waters
By Anne Matthews Thursday, August 7, 2025
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
Sticking With It
A sobering chronicle of our toxic times
By Juli Berwald Thursday, July 31, 2025
They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals by Mariah Blake
A Blast of a Time
The scientific underpinnings of Armageddon
By Jeffrey Lewis Thursday, June 26, 2025
Destroyer of Worlds: The Deep History of the Nuclear Age by Frank Close
A Portrait of the Scholar
The life of Ireland’s towering literary figure became a work of art in its own right
By Michael O'Donnell Thursday, June 19, 2025
Ellmann’s Joyce: The Biography of a Masterpiece and Its Maker by Zachary Leader
The Unjolly Green Giant
How C. F. Seabrook became the Lear of the vegetable fields
By Anne Matthews Monday, June 9, 2025
The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by John Seabrook
The Rascal of Pont-Aven
Reassessing a renowned painter’s troubling life
By Hannah Stamler Monday, June 2, 2025
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux
Who Is Thinking?
The quest to discover the answer to an age-old question
By T. M. Luhrmann Monday, March 2, 2026
A World Appears: A Journey into ConsciousnessBy Michael Pollan
The Great Decipherment
Decoding the story of a lost civilization
By Ilan Stavans Monday, March 2, 2026
The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient MayaBy David Stuart
Think, Again
Reckoning with the elegance of physical laws and the wonders of being alive
By John Kaag Monday, March 2, 2026
TraversalBy Maria Popova
Family Trees
Threats to our woods are threats to us all
By Priscilla Long Monday, March 2, 2026
When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural WorldBy Suzanne Simard
Lede-ing Ladies
How female foreign correspondents transformed journalism
By Anne Matthews Monday, March 2, 2026
Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the WorldBy Julia Cooke
Criminal Complexity
What inherited traits can—and can’t—tell us about violent behavior
By Jill Leovy Monday, March 2, 2026
Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of ForgivenessBy Kathryn Paige Harden
The Minotaur’s Muses
The romantic cruelty of a brilliant artist
By Anne Matthews Friday, February 27, 2026
Hidden Portraits: Six Women Who Shaped Picasso's Lifeby Sue Roe
Hold the Salt
Reconsidering an ancient city’s bad reputation
By Charles G. Salas Friday, January 23, 2026
Carthage: A New Historyby Eve MacDonald
Scientists in Dreamland
What might our nightly visions mean?
By Alice Vernon Thursday, January 15, 2026
Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mindby Michelle Carr
Conjurer of Worlds
The writer who made fantasy history
By Michael O'Donnell Monday, December 1, 2025
The Tower and the Ruin: J. R. R. Tolkien's Creationby Michael D. C. Drout
