Where I End and We Begin
A writer reimagines her life by blending it with others
By Sally Greene Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson
Meeting of Romantic Minds
How a German university town helped usher in the modern age
By Gary Saul Morson Thursday, February 24, 2022
Hoping for Recovery
The long struggle to explain and treat drug dependency
By Charlotte Bismuth Monday, February 7, 2022
The Urge: Our History of Addiction by Carl Erik Fisher
The Burden of Guilt
A plea for grace and forgiveness after a terrible crime
By Lara Bazelon Monday, January 31, 2022
The Uninnocent: Notes on Violence and Mercy by Katharine Blake
Tales of Mercy and Sacrifice
An Italian scholar’s exploration of the Hebrew Bible
By Randy Rosenthal Monday, January 24, 2022
The Book of All Books by Roberto Calasso (translated from the Italian by Tim Parks)
New York Was Very Heaven
The midcentury newcomers who reshaped the art world
By Andy Grundberg Monday, January 17, 2022
The Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly: Portraits and Sketches, 1942–2011 by Edith Schloss
Master of the Esoteric
A new biography of one of the past century’s most eclectic writers
By Charlie Lee Monday, December 20, 2021
Literary Alchemist: The Writing Life of Evan S. Connell Steve Paul
Mightier Than the Sword
A celebrated cartoonist looks back on his singular life and career
By Jerome Charyn Monday, December 13, 2021
Profusely Illustrated: A Memoir by Edward Sorel
A World Weird and Wondrous
A classical music star offers a peek behind the curtain
By Wynne Delacoma Monday, December 6, 2021
The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera by Matthew Aucoin
The Capital of Self-Reliance
How a backwater became a philosophical powerhouse
By Anne Matthews Monday, November 29, 2021
The Transcendentalists and Their World by Robert A. Gross
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
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
Ideology as Anatomy
How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives
By Sierra Bellows Monday, December 2, 2024
Immaculate Forms: A History of the Female Body in Four Partsby Helen King
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, December 2, 2024
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christopheby Marlene L. Daut
The Creator’s Code
Are humans alone in their ability to make art?
By Evelyn McDonnell Monday, December 2, 2024
The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines From Automata to AIby David Hajdu
Barbarity at the Bataclan
A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light
By Charles Trueheart Monday, December 2, 2024
V13: Chronicle of a Trial by Emmanuel Carrère, translated from the Frenchby John Lambert
Heart of Semi-Darkness
A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors
By Tim Carman Thursday, November 7, 2024
Masters of Horror and Magic
The German folklorists who helped build a nation
By Anne Matthews Friday, November 1, 2024
For Want of Touch
The astonishing breadth of our passions
By Diana Goetsch Thursday, September 26, 2024
