A Rare Intelligence
A review of a thrilling life
By Bruce Falconer Tuesday, September 6, 2016
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories From My Life By John le Carré
Manifest Poverty
Poor southern whites have long been a people without a country
By Dennis Covington Monday, June 6, 2016
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America By Nancy Isenberg
Courting All Voters
The judicial effects of American civic engagement
By Lincoln Caplan Monday, June 6, 2016
Engines of Liberty: The Power of Citizen Activists to Make Constitutional Law By David Cole
With Noses Held High
Personal aspiration need not always lead to snobbery
By Becca Rothfeld Monday, June 6, 2016
Pretentiousness: Why It Matters By Dan Fox
Annals of Human Oddity
Casting an eye on “freaks” with sensitivity and compassion
By Andy Grundberg Monday, June 6, 2016
Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer By Arthur Lubow
The Great Summing Up
The volumes that compiled the knowledge and spirit of an age
By James Gibney Monday, June 6, 2016
Everything Explained That Is Explainable By Denis Boyles
The Lives Aquatic
There is much more to gilled creatures than meets the eye
By Eugene Linden Monday, June 6, 2016
What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins By Jonathan Balcombe
Bohemian Rhapsody
The troubled homeless historian who beguiled and bedeviled
By Sridhar Pappu Monday, June 6, 2016
Joe Gould’s Teeth By Jill Lepore
Lives of the Philosophers
The postwar thinkers who stripped the world of preconceptions
By Amanda Vaill Monday, February 29, 2016
At the Existentialist Café By Sarah Bakewell
Taking It to the Street
What it’s like to be down and out in America
By Jill Leovy Monday, February 29, 2016
Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an IdeaBy Mitchell Duneier / Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City By Matthew Desmond
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
Imperiled Planet
The ecological havoc we’ve wrought
By Priscilla Long Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Burning Earth: A Historyby Sunil Amrith
Ground Truth
A story of dirt, dollars, and death
By Steve Yarbrough Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippiby Wright Thompson
Insisting on the Positive
A popular historian’s philosophical musings
By Carlin Romano Tuesday, September 3, 2024
On Freedomby Timothy Snyder
A Stranger in the Seven Hills
A refugee’s experience in the Eternal City
By Ingrid D. Rowland Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Roman Year: A Memoirby André Aciman
Mortal Coils
We aren’t alone in facing the inevitable
By Sy Montgomery Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Deathby Susana Monsó
Silent Partner
The union that may have made possible a writer’s late flourishing
By Robert Zaretsky Tuesday, September 3, 2024
A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevensonby Camille Peri
Schmaltz of Significance
How the first talkie treated the myth of the melting pot
By Steven G. Kellman Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singerby Richard Bernstein
