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 Christophe by 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 Age by 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 Union by 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
Caught in the Crosshairs
Four questions on the future of American gun reform
By Adam Winkler Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Lessons in Abstraction
The strange life of Europe’s most overlooked modernist
By Andrea Scrima Monday, August 30, 2021
Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walserby Susan Bernofsky
From Mojave to the Moon
The new space race looks to put the superrich into orbit
By M. G. Lord Monday, August 23, 2021
Test Gods: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronautby Nicholas Schmidle
Companions Through Time
A writer traces the footsteps of an Italian revolutionary icon
By N. S. Thompson Thursday, August 19, 2021
The Hero’s Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravennaby Tim Parks
Of Plagues and Prejudice
Whether cholera or Covid-19, epidemic disease can reveal what is hidden—in ourselves and our societies
By Perri Klass Saturday, August 14, 2021
Black Turtlenecks, Hoop Earrings
Unruly girl-poets in the ’50s
By Sandra M. Gilbert Thursday, August 12, 2021
