Heart of Semi-Darkness
A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors
By Tim Carman Thursday, November 7, 2024
Masters of Horror and Magic
The German folklorists who helped build a nation
By Anne Matthews Friday, November 1, 2024
For Want of Touch
The astonishing breadth of our passions
By Diana Goetsch Thursday, September 26, 2024
Imperiled Planet
The ecological havoc we’ve wrought
By Priscilla Long Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Burning Earth: A History by Sunil Amrith
Ground Truth
A story of dirt, dollars, and death
By Steve Yarbrough Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson
Insisting on the Positive
A popular historian’s philosophical musings
By Carlin Romano Tuesday, September 3, 2024
On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
A Stranger in the Seven Hills
A refugee’s experience in the Eternal City
By Ingrid D. Rowland Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Roman Year: A Memoir by André Aciman
Mortal Coils
We aren’t alone in facing the inevitable
By Sy Montgomery Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death by Susana Monsó
Silent Partner
The union that may have made possible a writer’s late flourishing
By Robert Zaretsky Tuesday, September 3, 2024
A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson by Camille Peri
Schmaltz of Significance
How the first talkie treated the myth of the melting pot
By Steven G. Kellman Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer by Richard Bernstein
“I Figured What the Hell”
A pugnacious reporter looks back on his legendary career
By Graeme Wood Monday, June 4, 2018
Reporter: A Memoir by Seymour Hersh
Split Decisions
A renowned neuroscientist examines human experience
By Richard Restak Monday, June 4, 2018
The Consciousness Instinct by Michael S. Gazzaniga
Idle Hands Are the Dreamer’s Tools
Why lolling about is a worthwhile pursuit
By Charlotte Salley Monday, April 16, 2018
Shadow Warriors
After 9/11, what happened when the gloves came off?
By Karen J. Greenberg Monday, March 5, 2018
Directorate Sby Steve Coll
Where the Sun Never Set
A new, multilayered history of the British Empire
By Paul Kennedy Monday, March 5, 2018
Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800–1906by David Cannadine
Literary Life on the Rocks
A writer’s own ordeal highlights the banal sameness of addiction
By Domenica Ruta Monday, March 5, 2018
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermathby Leslie Jamison
A Planet in Peril
Can humanity engineer its way out of trouble?
By David Gessner Monday, March 5, 2018
The Wizard and the Prophetby Charles C. Mann
A Window on Europe
How a tsar turned a fetid bog into an imperial capital
By Gary Saul Morson Monday, March 5, 2018
St. Petersburg: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Nevaby Jonathan Miles
A Fallen Angel of Mercy
Did her good works expiate the sins of her dark past?
By Michela Wrong Monday, March 5, 2018
In Full Flight: A Story of Africa and Atonementby John Heminway
Foes of Judgment
Numbers don’t always reveal the true nature of things
By Gary Saul Morson Wednesday, February 28, 2018
The Tyranny of Metricsby Jerry Z. Muller
