An Epitapher of Literary Ghosts
William Dean Howells secured the reputations of others, but not his own
By William P. Kelly Wednesday, June 1, 2005
What Is It Good For?
How the American military went from defense to offense
By James Webb Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War By Andrew J. Bacevich
Battle of Anacostia
The bonus army and its unexpected legacy
By Robert S. McElvaine Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Bonus Army: An American Epic By Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen
Thoreau’s Landscape Within
How he came to know nature, and through it came to know himself
By Kent C. Ryden Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Natural Life: Thoreau’s Worldly Transcendentalism By David M. Robinson
Rocket Men
A daughter explores the male-dominated universe of her father
By Michael Upchurch Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science By M. G. Lord
The Peculiar Intellectual
In the antebellum South, scholars made serious contributions to their fields, at least until they turned to defending slavery
By Richard E. Nicholls Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South By Michael O’Brien
Hometown Heroes
What if the goal is not to make it out of the neighborhood?
By Eric Wills Monday, April 29, 2024
There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascensionby Hanif Abdurraqib
Thought Experimenter
Will AI really make our world better?
By Sam Kean Monday, April 1, 2024
The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robotsby Daniela Rus and Gregory Mone
Invisible Ink
Giving center page to an era’s forgotten writers
By Teri Ellen Cross Davis Thursday, March 21, 2024
Shakespeare’s Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissanceby Ramie Targoff
Chain Gang
The personalities behind one of Rome’s greatest treasures
By Ingrid D. Rowland Thursday, March 14, 2024
Saving Michelangelo’s Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolutionby Wayne Kalayjian
The Jazz Singer
A new biography of an American legend
By Farah Jasmine Griffin Monday, March 4, 2024
Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year by Paul Alexander
We’ve Gone Mainstream
Latinos are invisible no more
By Ilan Stavans Monday, March 4, 2024
LatinoLand: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minorityby Marie Arana
Our Pets, Our Plates
In defense of the furred and the hoofed
By Anne Matthews Monday, March 4, 2024
Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
Acting Out
One tortuous journey from stage to screen
By Rachel Shteir Monday, March 4, 2024
Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?by Philip Gefter
The Choice Is Ours
Survival of the most meaningful
By John Kaag Monday, March 4, 2024
Purpose: What Evolution and Human Nature Imply About the Meaning of Our Existenceby Samuel T. Wilkinson
The Quest for Cather
When subjects play hard to get
By Anne Matthews Thursday, February 15, 2024
Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather by Benjamin Taylorby Benjamin Taylor
