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
Say Anything
The stories we tell ourselves
By Jennifer Sinor Monday, June 10, 2013
The Faraway Nearby By Rebecca Solnit
Bad Medicine
Psychiatry’s mistaken manual
By Alison Bass Monday, June 10, 2013
The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of PsychiatryBy Gary Greenberg /Saving Normal By Allen Frances
True North
Yankees and their slaves
By Fergus M. Bordewich Monday, June 10, 2013
For Adam's Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England By Allegra di Bonaventura
Out of Africa
A writer says goodbye to all that
By Graeme Wood Monday, June 10, 2013
The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari By Paul Theroux
Science, Right and Wrong
The evolution of knowledge
By Sam Kean Monday, June 3, 2013
Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in EverythingBy Philip Ball /Brilliant Blunders By Mario Livio
The World All Before Them
Setting off on footpaths both well-trod and forgotten
By Sudip Bose Friday, March 1, 2013
The Old Ways: A Journey on FootBy Robert Macfarlane /Walking Home: A Poet’s Journey By Simon Armitage
Life Story
A bioethicist and his creation
By Carl Elliott Friday, March 1, 2013
In Search of the Good: A Life in Bioethics By Daniel Callahan /The Roots of Bioethics: Health, Progress, Technology, Death By Daniel Callahan
Smarty Ants
Intelligence isn’t just for humans
By Sy Montgomery Friday, March 1, 2013
Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures By Virginia Morell
Found Fictions
A scholar broadens the canon
By Elaine Showalter Friday, March 1, 2013
Truth’s Ragged Edge: The Rise of the American Novel By Philip F. Gura
Wing Men
Lepidopterists on the loose
By Constance Casey Friday, March 1, 2013
Butterfly People: An American Encounter with the Beauty of the World By William Leach
