Rhyme, Not Repetition
All that’s past isn’t necessarily present
By Jon Zobenica Monday, July 8, 2024
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz
Survival Situation
The debate over evolution and its discoverer
By Anne Matthews Monday, June 10, 2024
Origin Story: The Trials of Charles Darwin by Howard Markel
The Rescuer
In search of the Underground Railroad’s legendary conductor
By Danielle Amir Jackson Monday, June 3, 2024
Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People by Tiya Miles
Facing the Facts
An antiquated take on antiquity
By Sarah Ruden Monday, June 3, 2024
The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World by Daisy Dunn
We Are the Borg
Is the convergence of human and machine really upon us?
By Sam Kean Monday, June 3, 2024
The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI by Ray Kurzweil
Numbers Game
A novelist’s indictment of how we account for our history
By Nell Pierce Monday, June 3, 2024
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
Born to Be Wild
One founding family’s centuries-long journey
By Mary Beth Norton Monday, June 3, 2024
American Bloods: The Untamed Dynasty That Shaped a Nation by John Kaag
Uncontacted
Indigenous civilizations thrived long before Europeans showed up
By Andrew Graybill Monday, June 3, 2024
Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal
Acting Out
One tortuous journey from stage to screen
By Rachel Shteir Monday, May 27, 2024
Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Philip Gefter
Hometown Heroes
What if the goal is not to make it out of the neighborhood?
By Eric Wills Monday, April 29, 2024
There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
Thought Experimenter
Will AI really make our world better?
By Sam Kean Monday, April 1, 2024
The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robotsby Daniela Rus and Gregory Mone
Invisible Ink
Giving center page to an era’s forgotten writers
By Teri Ellen Cross Davis Thursday, March 21, 2024
Shakespeare’s Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissanceby Ramie Targoff
Chain Gang
The personalities behind one of Rome’s greatest treasures
By Ingrid D. Rowland Thursday, March 14, 2024
Saving Michelangelo’s Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolutionby Wayne Kalayjian
Our Pets, Our Plates
In defense of the furred and the hoofed
By Anne Matthews Sunday, March 10, 2024
Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
The Jazz Singer
A new biography of an American legend
By Farah Jasmine Griffin Monday, March 4, 2024
Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year by Paul Alexander
We’ve Gone Mainstream
Latinos are invisible no more
By Ilan Stavans Monday, March 4, 2024
LatinoLand: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minorityby Marie Arana
Acting Out
One tortuous journey from stage to screen
By Rachel Shteir Monday, March 4, 2024
Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?by Philip Gefter
The Choice Is Ours
Survival of the most meaningful
By John Kaag Monday, March 4, 2024
Purpose: What Evolution and Human Nature Imply About the Meaning of Our Existenceby Samuel T. Wilkinson
The Quest for Cather
When subjects play hard to get
By Anne Matthews Thursday, February 15, 2024
Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather by Benjamin Taylorby Benjamin Taylor
Thunder in Her Head
A new biography of a master choreographer
By Jerome Charyn Thursday, February 1, 2024
Errand into the Maze: The Life and Work of Martha Grahamby Deborah Jowitt
