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
Ministry of Talent
JFK’s thousand days of crisis
By Ernest B. Furgurson Friday, December 6, 2013
Camelot’s Court By Robert Dallek
Soaring Ambitions
Early hot-air balloonists ascended to previously unimaginable heights, stirring humanity’s sense of perspective and possibility
By Toby Lester Thursday, September 5, 2013
Falling Upwards By Richard Holmes
Southern Son
The wit and wisdom of a master
By William S. McFeely Thursday, September 5, 2013
The Letters of C. Vann Woodward Edited by Michael O'Brien
Upward Bound
Abraham’s merciful stay of hand
By Sarah Ruden Thursday, September 5, 2013
But Where Is the Lamb?: Imagining the Story of Abraham and Isaac By James Goodman
Priestly Powers
A comic writer’s critical eye
By George O’Brien Thursday, September 5, 2013
Suitable Accommodations: An Autobiographical Story of Family Life: The Letters of J. F. Powers, 1942–1963 Edited by Katherine A. Powers
On the Brink
How safe are our nukes?
By Scott D. Sagan Thursday, September 5, 2013
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety By Eric Schlosser
Lives of the Ancients
Animating the Greeks and Romans
By A. E. Stallings Thursday, September 5, 2013
Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations By Mary Beard
Two of a Kind
A postwar friendship
By David Brown Thursday, September 5, 2013
Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize By Sean B. Carroll
Truth or Management
The perils and rewards of studying abroad
By Alice Kaplan Monday, June 10, 2013
Waiting to be Heard By Amanda Knox
The Bombmaker’s Burden
Winning the atomic race failed to bring him peace of mind
By Shirley Streshinsky Monday, June 10, 2013
A Life Inside the Center By Ray Monk
