A Danger to Ourselves
Tough on other species, too
By Mary Beth Saffo Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History By Elizabeth Kolbert
Whores de Combat
In search of adventure and engagement
By Charles Trueheart Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War By Amanda Vaill
The Fabulist
A literary critic’s ugly deception
By Robert Zaretsky Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The Double Life of Paul De Man By Evelyn Barish
Ready to Be Free
The end of the peculiar institution
By Louis P. Masur Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation By David Brion Davis
An Irascible Artist
Separating man from myth
By Eleanor Jones Harvey Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Whistler: A Life for Art’s Sake By Daniel E. Sutherland
The Best Course
A beloved professor’s long shadow
By Michael Dirda Friday, December 6, 2013
Splendor of Heart: Walter Jackson Bate and the Teaching of Literature By Robert D. Richardson
The After-War
Some wounds don’t bleed
By Neil Shea Friday, December 6, 2013
Thank You for Your Service By David Finkel
Dean of Satire
A writer’s many masks
By George O’Brien Friday, December 6, 2013
Jonathan Swift: His Life and His Work By Leo Damrosch
Abolition Gone Wrong
Despite good intentions, some opponents of the Atlantic slave trade caused more harm
By Fergus M. Bordewich Friday, December 6, 2013
Ship of DeathBy Billy G. Smith / The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World By Greg Grandin
Ministry of Talent
JFK’s thousand days of crisis
By Ernest B. Furgurson Friday, December 6, 2013
Camelot’s Court By Robert Dallek
Who Would I Be Off My Meds
Can weaning oneself off pharmaceuticals ease the cycle of perpetual suffering?
By Scott Stossel Thursday, March 6, 2025
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistanceby Laura Delano
Who’s to Say? 
A bewildering take from a noted scholar of Christianity
By Sarah Ruden Monday, March 3, 2025
Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesusby Elaine Pagels
Chapters and Verse
Looking for the poet between the lines
By Jay Parini Monday, March 3, 2025
Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetryby Adam Plunkett
Once More, Without Feeling
Can a memoir be effective when it lacks any warmth?
By Casey Schwartz Monday, March 3, 2025
Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritanceby Joe Dunthorne
Electrons That Bind
The molecule at the center of everything
By Priscilla Long Monday, March 3, 2025
Carbon: The Book of Lifeby Paul Hawken
Food for Thought
A pragmatic approach to one of humanity’s gravest threats
By Anne Matthews Monday, March 3, 2025
How to Feed the World: The History and Future of Foodby Vaclav Smil
Splitting Our Sides
A new biography of a comedy pioneer
By Stephen Macone Monday, March 3, 2025
Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Liveby Susan Morrison
In the Lions’ Studio
A new dual biography turns the lens on the towering architects of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
By Noah Isenberg Thursday, February 13, 2025
Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equationby Kenneth Turan
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Thursday, January 23, 2025
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Unionby Richard Carwardine
