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
Speeding at a Glacial Pace
Four questions about the future of Antarctica
By Elizabeth Rush Monday, June 3, 2019
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea
In search of the places that inspired the Iliad—and the traces of upheaval, conflict, and migration that led to its creation
By Caroline Alexander Monday, June 3, 2019
The Difficult Diplomat
A highly flawed man who brought peace and controversy
By Charles Trueheart Monday, June 3, 2019
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Centuryby George Packer
What Makes Us Better
Two books explore whether morality is innate or learned
By Sissela Bok Monday, June 3, 2019
Conscience by Patricia S. ChurchlandThe War For Kindness by Jamil Zaki
Sex Workers of the World United
Last year’s SESTA/FOSTA legislation aimed to limit sex trafficking—but it’s just the latest in a long line of policies designed to criminalize the oldest profession
By Scott W. Stern Monday, June 3, 2019
Cambodia: Gambling on the Future
Sihanoukville is rapidly being remade into a modern playground for the rich, thanks to investment from China
By Karen J. Coates Monday, June 3, 2019
