Bending Toward Justice
Rejecting the “race riot” myth means facing the ugly truth
By Sally Greene Thursday, July 16, 2026
They Stole a City: Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live With Its Legacy by Lauren Collins
Verse From the Abyss
How a Jewish poet rebuilt his mother tongue in the wake of the Holocaust
By Piotr Florczyk Thursday, July 9, 2026
Paul Celan: A Life by Anna Arno, translated by Soren Gauger
Where Are We?
Finding our bearings has never been so risky
By Peter Turchi Monday, June 29, 2026
Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World By Katherine Dunn
Blood—and Beauty—at the Root
Fifty years ago, Alex Haley’s landmark novel changed the way many Americans thought about race
By Brandon Tensley Monday, June 15, 2026
Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World by Lucas L. Johnson II
In Defense of Difficult Reading
The tomes of the past cultivate the lost art of sustained attention
By Todd Shy Friday, June 5, 2026
What’s So Great About the Great Books?: Why You Should Read Classic Literature (Even Though It Might Destroy You) Naomi Kanakia
Inside Man
A young reporter’s devastating exposé of the amoral elite
By Anne Matthews Monday, June 1, 2026
How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University By Theo Baker
Things Fall Apart
A meditation on entropy, obsolescence, and death
By Steven G. Kellman Monday, June 1, 2026
How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information By Thomas S. Mullaney
Into the Wilds
The tangled terrain of untrammeled lands
By Miranda Weiss Monday, June 1, 2026
The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness By Cal Flyn
The Painter Time Forgot
An overdue reckoning of an artist’s volcanic genius
By Rebecca Bedell Monday, June 1, 2026
Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World By Victoria Johnson
Canonical Contempt
Even in the 18th century, Edward Gibbon’s misogyny set him apart
By Michael O'Donnell Monday, June 1, 2026
The Conversions of Edward Gibbon: A Modern Biography By Martha Saxton
A Proximity to Greatness
How a reclusive writer’s work came to be published
By Jerome Charyn Tuesday, September 4, 2018
After Emily: Two Remarkable Women, and the Legacy of America’s Greatest Poetby Julie Dobrow
Too Much Information
When flawed algorithms meet naïve expectations
By Howard P. Segal Wednesday, August 8, 2018
The Efficiency Paradoxby Edward Tenner
Robben Island Days
A South African leader’s jailhouse correspondence during apartheid
By Douglas Foster Monday, June 4, 2018
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandelaedited by Sahm Venter
Monstrous Achievement
Two hundred years on, a writer’s cautionary tale still captivates
By Valerie Martin Monday, June 4, 2018
In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson
A Life’s Work Gone to Seed
The lost cultivations of an often overlooked colonial scientist
By Verlyn Klinkenborg Monday, June 4, 2018
American Edenby Victoria Johnson
Everything Was Radiant
A Soviet reactor’s meltdown and its far-reaching consequences
By Kristen Iversen Monday, June 4, 2018
Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy
“I Figured What the Hell”
A pugnacious reporter looks back on his legendary career
By Graeme Wood Monday, June 4, 2018
Reporter: A Memoir by Seymour Hersh
Split Decisions
A renowned neuroscientist examines human experience
By Richard Restak Monday, June 4, 2018
The Consciousness Instinct by Michael S. Gazzaniga
Idle Hands Are the Dreamer’s Tools
Why lolling about is a worthwhile pursuit
By Charlotte Salley Monday, April 16, 2018
Shadow Warriors
After 9/11, what happened when the gloves came off?
By Karen J. Greenberg Monday, March 5, 2018
Directorate Sby Steve Coll
