Jena-Gadda-Da-Vida
The brief flowering of an intellectual mecca in 1790s Germany
By Steven G. Kellman Thursday, September 1, 2022
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf
The Ephemeral Art
How a Russian impresario revolutionized dance
By Vivien Schweitzer Thursday, September 1, 2022
Diaghilev’s Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World by Rupert Christiansen
Zeal of the Convert
A new biography charts a Peruvian seeker’s spiritual quest
By Randy Rosenthal Thursday, September 1, 2022
The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Landy (trans. from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman) by Graciela Mochkofsk
Morals, Meaning, and Nonsense
Ethical inquiry requires lived experience, not just logical examination
By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen Monday, August 15, 2022
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman
Different People, Different Stories
On the complexities of lumping psychiatric patients into categories
By Kathryn Tabb Monday, August 1, 2022
he Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind by Noga Arikha
More Than a ‘Mere Echo’
English versions of foreign literature must stand on their own
By Lauren Elkin Monday, July 11, 2022
Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri
What a Long, Strange Trip It Was
The explosive writer who created worlds alien and mundane
By Madison Smartt Bell Thursday, June 30, 2022
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys by Miranda Seymour
A Whale of a Story
The parallel lives of Moby-Dick’s creator and the historian who rescued him from obscurity
By Steven G. Kellman Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times by Aaron Sachs
California Scheming
Has one of the 20th century’s greatest unsolved crimes finally been cracked?
By Susan Berfield Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Who Killed Jane Stanford? A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits, and the Birth of a University by Richard White
Subatomic Inspiration
The enigmatic thinker behind the Large Hadron Collider
By Sam Kean Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass by Frank Close
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
