Who Is Thinking?
The quest to discover the answer to an age-old question
By T. M. Luhrmann Monday, March 2, 2026
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness By Michael Pollan
The Great Decipherment
Decoding the story of a lost civilization
By Ilan Stavans Monday, March 2, 2026
The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya By David Stuart
Think, Again
Reckoning with the elegance of physical laws and the wonders of being alive
By John Kaag Monday, March 2, 2026
Traversal By Maria Popova
Family Trees
Threats to our woods are threats to us all
By Priscilla Long Monday, March 2, 2026
When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World By Suzanne Simard
Lede-ing Ladies
How female foreign correspondents transformed journalism
By Anne Matthews Monday, March 2, 2026
Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World By Julia Cooke
Criminal Complexity
What inherited traits can—and can’t—tell us about violent behavior
By Jill Leovy Monday, March 2, 2026
Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness By Kathryn Paige Harden
The Minotaur’s Muses
The romantic cruelty of a brilliant artist
By Anne Matthews Friday, February 27, 2026
Hidden Portraits: Six Women Who Shaped Picasso's Life by Sue Roe
Hold the Salt
Reconsidering an ancient city’s bad reputation
By Charles G. Salas Friday, January 23, 2026
Carthage: A New History by Eve MacDonald
Scientists in Dreamland
What might our nightly visions mean?
By Alice Vernon Thursday, January 15, 2026
Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind by Michelle Carr
Conjurer of Worlds
The writer who made fantasy history
By Michael O'Donnell Monday, December 1, 2025
The Tower and the Ruin: J. R. R. Tolkien's Creation by Michael D. C. Drout
Thunder in Her Head
A new biography of a master choreographer
By Jerome Charyn Thursday, February 1, 2024
Errand into the Maze: The Life and Work of Martha Grahamby Deborah Jowitt
The Homesick Composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff may have taken American citizenship in 1943, but his heart and soul remained in his Russian past
By Joseph Horowitz Friday, January 26, 2024
The Creature Eating Its Tail
From progress to death wish
By Randy Rosenthal Monday, January 15, 2024
Heavy Mettle
A story of oppression and resilience
By Teri Ellen Cross Davis Monday, December 18, 2023
To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soulby Tracy K. Smith
Bodies Grotesque and Beautiful
Searching for aesthetics and meaning in the monstrous
By Sierra Bellows Monday, December 4, 2023
Art Monsters: Unruly Female Bodies in Feminist Artby Lauren Elkin
Air Show
What the rise of an NBA superstar tells us about ourselves
By Eric Wills Monday, December 4, 2023
Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordanby Johnny Smith
All Dolled Up
How American Girl transformed the doll world—and why millennials love it so
By Jayne Ross Thursday, November 30, 2023
Thought Experimenters
Making sense of a broken world
By Robert Zaretsky Monday, November 27, 2023
The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Timesby Wolfram Eilenberger
The Late Bloomer
Reconstructing a private poet’s life
By N. S. Thompson Thursday, November 23, 2023
Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampittby Willard Spiegelman
Naturalists Unknown
Lives marked by discovery and erasure
By Perri Klass Thursday, November 16, 2023
Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Scienceby Catherine McNeur
