Farm to Fable
How a now-forgotten writer changed American agriculture
By Tim Carman Monday, May 11, 2020
The Planter of Modern Life: Louis Bromfield and the Seeds of a Food Revolution by Stephen Heyman
War by Other Means
Subverting governments with lies is nothing new
By James Gibney Monday, March 2, 2020
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid
Image Was Everything
A new biography of the seminal pop artist of the 20th century
By Meryle Secrest Monday, March 2, 2020
Warhol by Blake Gopnik
Not Quite Forgotten
The unheralded success ofa fine American novelist
By Steven G. Kellman Monday, March 2, 2020
Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone by Madison Smartt Bell
Making Their Voices Heard
The story behind passage of the 19th Amendment
By Nancy Isenberg Monday, March 2, 2020
Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote by Ellen Carol DuBois
Poet of the Newsroom
A journalist with the unteachable gift of making you read on
By Henry Allen Monday, March 2, 2020
Final Draft: The Collected Work of David Carr edited by Jill Rooney Carr
Heaven and the Heretic
A brilliant scientist whose life is a cautionary tale
By Sam Kean Monday, March 2, 2020
Galileo and the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
Glamour and Violence
A group portrait of the brutal Belle Époque
By Anka Muhlstein Monday, March 2, 2020
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes
Visible Man
An intimate view of a great American writer
By Randall Kenan Monday, December 2, 2019
The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison edited by John F. Callahan and Marc C. Conner
History, Alive and Well
A writer’s tour of the Soviet world, 30 years after its collapse
By Graeme Wood Monday, December 2, 2019
Pravda Ha Ha: True Travels to the End of Europe by Rory MacLean
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
