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
Imperiled Planet
The ecological havoc we’ve wrought
By Priscilla Long Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Burning Earth: A History by Sunil Amrith
Ground Truth
A story of dirt, dollars, and death
By Steve Yarbrough Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson
Insisting on the Positive
A popular historian’s philosophical musings
By Carlin Romano Tuesday, September 3, 2024
On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
A Stranger in the Seven Hills
A refugee’s experience in the Eternal City
By Ingrid D. Rowland Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Roman Year: A Memoir by André Aciman
Mortal Coils
We aren’t alone in facing the inevitable
By Sy Montgomery Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death by Susana Monsó
Silent Partner
The union that may have made possible a writer’s late flourishing
By Robert Zaretsky Tuesday, September 3, 2024
A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson by Camille Peri
Schmaltz of Significance
How the first talkie treated the myth of the melting pot
By Steven G. Kellman Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer by Richard Bernstein
Full Bloom
A critic offers his final thoughts
By Michael Dirda Friday, June 3, 2011
The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life By Harold Bloom
Frozen Assets
A gritty tale of a grim landscape
By Hampton Sides Friday, June 3, 2011
The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle By Sara Wheeler
Deep Trouble
How a natural disaster barreled into a historical one
By Emily Bernard Friday, June 3, 2011
Camille, 1969: Histories of a Hurricane By Mark M. Smith
Deep Trouble
We should be more afraid for sharks than of them
By Richard Ellis Friday, June 3, 2011
Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks By Juliet Eilperin
Scholar-Activist
Is the search for truth compatible with the fight for justice?
By James Gibney Friday, June 3, 2011
Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir By Robert Jay Lifton
A Survey and an Assertion
Twelve potted philosophers and a theory of human values
By Carlin Romano Friday, June 3, 2011
Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche By James Miller
Beyond Nerves
Three women who helped engender modern psychiatry
By Laure Murat Friday, June 3, 2011
Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris By Asti Hustvedt
Terrorist in Chief
Can anything keep Zimbabwe from slipping back into despotism?
By Paul Salopek Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe By Peter Godwin
Aping Us
Beasts behaving badly
By Clive D. L. Wynne Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Moral Lives of Animals By Dale Peterson
Patriot Games
Hollywood’s Red Scare
By Elbert Ventura Wednesday, March 2, 2011
An Army of Phantoms: American Movies and the Making of the Cold War By J. Hoberman
