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
Champion of Modernism
A literary life on the edge
By John Tytell Wednesday, December 10, 2014
“Literchoor Is My Beat”: A Life of James Laughlin, Publisher of New Directions By Ian S. MacNiven
Breaking the Bonds
How runaway slaves got North
By Louis P. Masur Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad By Eric Foner
Hell and Back
By Phil Klay Wednesday, December 10, 2014
No Man’s Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America By Elizabeth D. Samet
Sound and Fury
The flawed, tragic hero whose music defined an age
By Matthew Guerrieri Monday, September 8, 2014
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph By Jan Swafford
The Big Uneasy
A city’s seamy side
By Wayne Curtis Monday, September 8, 2014
Empire of Sin By Gary Krist
Solar Complexus
We may be alone after all
By Owen Gingerich Monday, September 8, 2014
The Copernicus Complex By Caleb Scharf
Anything Goes
Prose for the people
By Rachel Hadas Monday, September 8, 2014
The Sense of Style By Steven Pinker
Our Beastly Friends
A literary walk on the wild side
By Miranda Weiss Monday, September 8, 2014
Zoologies By Alison Hawthorne Deming
Frozen Hell
An expedition gone wrong
By John Vaillant Monday, September 8, 2014
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette By Hampton Sides
The Deciders
Two presidents and their war
By William S. McFeely Monday, September 8, 2014
Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in ChiefBy James M. McPherson / Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln By Richard Brookhiser
