Obsession
The playwright who never got over Marilyn Monroe
By Jeffrey Meyers Thursday, March 1, 2012
Arthur Miller: 1962–2005 By Christopher Bigsby
End Times
The Bible’s failed prophecy
By Sarah Ruden Thursday, March 1, 2012
Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation By Elaine Pagels
The Wine of Life
How as a young soldier in the Trentino, I passed my evenings in a lovely bookshop in a town near camp
By Mario Rigoni Stern Thursday, March 1, 2012
The Tower and the Glory
The venues built for the London Olympics may be controversial, but do they make an artistic statement? And what will their legacy be?
By N. S. Thompson Thursday, March 1, 2012
Letter from Afghanistan: A Gathering Menace
Traveling with U.S. troops gives insights into the recent massacre
By Neil Shea Thursday, March 1, 2012
Death by Treacle
Sentiment surfaces fast and runs hot in public life, dumbing it down and crippling intimacy in private life
By Pamela Haag Thursday, March 1, 2012
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, January 13, 2025
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christopheby Marlene L. Daut
The Writer in the Family
The fiction of E. L. Doctorow gave a young man hope of connecting his father and his literary hero
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The Weight of a Stone
Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology
By Megan Craig Thursday, January 2, 2025
Verde
Learning a foreign language isn’t just about improving cognitive function—it can teach us to sense the world anew
By Jesse Lee Kercheval Thursday, December 12, 2024
Aging Out
Many of us do not go gentle into that good night
By Anne Matthews Thursday, December 5, 2024
Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Ageby James Chappel
Under a Spell Everlasting
Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, published a century ago, tells of a world unable to free itself from the cataclysm of war
By Samantha Rose Hill Monday, December 2, 2024
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Monday, December 2, 2024
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Unionby Richard Carwardine
The Fair Fields 
Only rarely did the outside world intrude on an idyllic Connecticut childhood, but in the tumultuous 1960s, that intrusion included an encounter with evil
By Rosanna Warren Monday, December 2, 2024
