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
The Colonial Melting Pot
Six very different people in a war of liberation
By T. H. Breen Monday, December 4, 2017
Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedomby Russell Shorto
Paranoia Strikes Deep
What are we hiding from in our policed and gated communities?
By Jill Leovy Monday, December 4, 2017
Fortress America: How We Embraced Fear and Abandoned Democracyby Elaine Tyler May
A Palate for the Finer Things
Pondering a father’s thirst for respectability
By Paul Lukacs Wednesday, November 29, 2017
The Wine Lover’s Daughter: A Memoirby Anne Fadiman
A Poet of Glamour and Chaos
Lady Lazarus rises again
By Sandra M. Gilbert Thursday, October 12, 2017
The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940–1956 edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil
Triumph of the Underdog
A new biography offers a sympathetic portrait of Lincoln’s greatest general
By Richard Moe Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Grant by Ron Chernow
Wave of Anguish
Could disobedience have saved a group of Japanese students?
By Adam Hochschild Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry
Metropolis Rising
How the Big Apple took its place among the world’s great cities
By Brooke Kroeger Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Greater Gotham: A History of New York City From 1898 to 1919 by Mike Wallace
Antiquarian Dreams
Sometimes it’s okay to judge history by its cover
By Helen Hazen Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World by Christopher de Hamel
Running With the Pack
On one of the most successful ecological experiments of all time
By Verlyn Klinkenborg Tuesday, September 5, 2017
American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee
Feast of Eden
A look at humanity’s most famous star-crossed couple
By Sarah Ruden Tuesday, September 5, 2017
The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve by Stephen Greenblatt
