An Unquenchable Gaiety of Mind
On visits to Cambridge University late in life, Jorge Luis Borges offered revealing last thoughts about his reading and writing
By George Watson Thursday, May 31, 2012
Justice for Sale
How big money is overwhelming judicial elections and corroding our confidence in the courts
By Lincoln Caplan Friday, June 1, 2012
Risky Journeys
A cautionary tale of quixotic ambition and heroic achievement
By George O’Brien Friday, June 1, 2012
James Joyce: A New Biography By Gordon Bowker
The Right Honourable Mr. Burke
Impassioned orator, eloquent statesman, esteemed writer—but who was Edmund Burke the man?
By Brian Doyle Friday, June 1, 2012
Coming of Age
Three bright young American women in the City of Light
By Rachel Morris Friday, June 1, 2012
Dreaming In French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis By Alice Kaplan
Living With Voices
A new way to deal with disturbing voices offers hope for those with other forms of psychosis
By T. M. Luhrmann Friday, June 1, 2012
Cradle to Grave
The games we play and the arguments we have
By Sissela Bok Friday, June 1, 2012
The Mansion Of Happiness: A History of Life and Death By Jill Lepore
Con Man
A writer catalogs his great-grandfather’s infamous crimes
By Brenda Wineapple Friday, June 1, 2012
A Disposition To Be Rich: How a Small-Town Pastor’s Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States By Geoffrey C. Ward
A Feast of Fat Things
After umpteen years of living in America, an English writer gives thanks for its salient pleasures
By Paul West Friday, June 1, 2012
Artful Lies
A deception signals a new age