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
Broken Bodies, Broken Forms
What relation does art bear to suffering?
By Roy Scranton Monday, June 5, 2017
Draw Your Weaponsby Sarah Sentilles
“I Will Die a Russian”
A marriage of convenience that yielded an intelligence bonanza
By Sara Mansfield Taber Monday, June 5, 2017
Spies in the Family by Eva Dillon
Orator-in-Chief
President Obama’s public remarks revealed his unshakable faith in the unity of the American people
By James Santel Friday, April 28, 2017
We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obamaedited by E.J. Dionne Jr. and Joy-Ann Reid
More Than Human
The dawn of a technologically enhanced super-species is upon us
By Michael Shermer Monday, March 6, 2017
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
Robocops and Robbers
Criminal justice in the age of digital spying and surveillance
By Jill Leovy Monday, March 6, 2017
Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman
One Nation Under God
The contentious role of Christianity in politics
By Dennis Covington Monday, March 6, 2017
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald; Simon &
“Time to Plant Tears”
An intimate biography of one of the 20th century’s great poets
By Dana Gioia Monday, March 6, 2017
Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast by Megan Marshall
Taking Old Abe to Task
A historian’s uncommonly grim view of the Great Emancipator
By David S. Reynolds Monday, March 6, 2017
Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Travels in Literary Time
A writer’s excursions beyond mere archives
By Jay Parini Monday, March 6, 2017
This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic BiographerRichard Holmes
Selective Memory
Ideas do not always catch on right away
By Christoph Irmscher Monday, December 5, 2016
The Book That Changed America: How Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation By Randall Fuller
