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
Coming of Age
Three bright young American women in the City of Light
By Rachel Morris Friday, June 1, 2012
Dreaming In French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis By Alice Kaplan
Cradle to Grave
The games we play and the arguments we have
By Sissela Bok Friday, June 1, 2012
The Mansion Of Happiness: A History of Life and Death By Jill Lepore
Con Man
A writer catalogs his great-grandfather’s infamous crimes
By Brenda Wineapple Friday, June 1, 2012
A Disposition To Be Rich: How a Small-Town Pastor’s Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States By Geoffrey C. Ward
Artful Lies
A deception signals a new age
By Graeme Wood Friday, June 1, 2012
Solar Dance: Van Gogh, Forgery, and the Eclipse of Certainty By Modris Eksteins
All for One and One for All?
An eminent scientist reconsiders natural selection
By Francisco J. Ayala Thursday, March 1, 2012
The Social Conquest of Earth By Edward O. Wilson
Heavenly Body
An artist’s pursuit of symmetry
By Ingrid D. Rowland Thursday, March 1, 2012
Da Vinci’s Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image By Toby Lester
The Moderate
Was Ike a great president?
By Matthew Dallek Thursday, March 1, 2012
Eisenhower in War and Peace By Jean Edward Smith
Say What?
How we talk American
By Barbara Wallraff Thursday, March 1, 2012
Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume V Chief Editor Joan Houston Hall
Obsession
The playwright who never got over Marilyn Monroe
By Jeffrey Meyers Thursday, March 1, 2012
Arthur Miller: 1962–2005 By Christopher Bigsby
