Tales of Mercy and Sacrifice

An Italian scholar’s exploration of the Hebrew Bible

The Book of All Books by Roberto Calasso (translated from the Italian by Tim Parks)

Lessons From an Unwritten Autobiography

From doubt and despair to faith and love

New York Was Very Heaven

The midcentury newcomers who reshaped the art world

The Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly: Portraits and Sketches, 1942–2011 by Edith Schloss

A Death in Karachi

Why So Many Kids Struggle to Learn

Teachers continue to be trained in ways that ignore the findings of cognitive science

Mightier Than the Sword

A celebrated cartoonist looks back on his singular life and career

Profusely Illustrated: A Memoir by Edward Sorel

A World Weird and Wondrous

A classical music star offers a peek behind the curtain

The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera by Matthew Aucoin

Sex and Secrets

Rare is the Hitchcock film that celebrates desire without disaster

If You Can’t See the Stage, Turn to the Page

With theaters shut during the pandemic, reading plays has shed surprising light on works both familiar and strange

In the Mushroom

True foraging isn’t the domain of the weekend warrior; it’s serious, serious business

Asteroid Hunters

The scientists and engineers who defend our planet day and night from potentially hazardous space rocks

Who Would I Be Off My Meds

Can weaning oneself off pharmaceuticals ease the cycle of perpetual suffering?

Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistanceby Laura Delano

Tiger Mom

At a forest preserve in India, a writer sees the world anew and learns how to focus her son’s restless mind

A Midsummer Night’s Stream
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A Midsummer Night’s Stream

American Carthage
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Echoes from the ancient conflicts between Hannibal’s city and Rome continue to reverberate well into the present

Who’s to Say?
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A bewildering take from a noted scholar of Christianity

Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesusby Elaine Pagels

Learning to Be Social
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What might Rousseau teach us about how to live with others?

Chapters and Verse

Looking for the poet between the lines

Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetryby Adam Plunkett

The Murderer as Everyman
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Arthur Fleck’s rise and fall

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