Catullus’ Bedspread

Read an excerpt from Daisy Dunn’s new biography of Rome’s most erotic poet

Engineering Eden

Read an excerpt from Jordan Fisher Smith’s new book about the trial that changed our national parks

“Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People” and Other Myths

Read an excerpt from Dennis A. Henigan’s updated book about gun control

Neither Snow Nor Rain

Read an excerpt from Devin Leonard’s eclectic history of the U.S. Postal Service

The Sting of the Wild

Read an excerpt from Justin O. Schmidt’s new book about venomous bugs

Good Neighbors

An excerpt from Nancy L. Rosenblum’s new book about everyday American life

India’s War

An excerpt from Srinath Raghavan’s new book about India in WWII

America’s Snake

An excerpt from Ted Levin’s new book about the rise and fall of the rattlesnake

My Life with Wagner

An excerpt from Christian Thielemann’s book about a lifetime of conducting

The Edge of the Empire

Travel ancient Britannia in this excerpt from Bronwen Riley’s new book

On the Road

An excerpt from Vagabond: Venice Beach, Slab City and Points in Between by Ceilidh Michelle

Vagabond: Venice Beach, Slab City, and Points in Betweenby Ceilidh Michelle

The Reading Hordes

An excerpt from The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen

<em>The Library: A Fragile History</em>Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen

Writing in the Wings

An excerpt from A Story That Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, & Other Traumas by Dan O’Brien

A Story That Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, & Other TraumasDan O’Brien

The Word—and Weird—of God

An excerpt from A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible by Kristen Swenson

Jayne Ross

Second-Class Students No More

An excerpt from Point of Reckoning: The Fight for Racial Justice at Duke University by Theodore D. Segal

Point of Reckoning: The Fight for Racial Justice at Duke UniversityTheodore D. Segal

Filling in the Blanks

An excerpt from How Schools Really Matter: Why Our Assumption About Schools and Inequality Is Mostly Wrong by Douglas B. Downey

How Schools Really Matter: Why Our Assumption About Schools and Inequality Is Mostly Wrong by Douglas B. Downey

A Writer by Nature

An excerpt from World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Home Is Where the HOA Is

An excerpt from The Sprawl by Jason Diamond

The Sprawlby Jason Diamond

Tolerance in a Dark Place

An excerpt from Plague Years: A Doctor’s Journey Through the AIDS Crisis by Ross A. Slotten

Plague Years: A Doctor's Journey Through the AIDS CrisisRoss A. Slotten

A Lifetime in Verse

An excerpt from Land’s End: New and Selected Poems by Gail Mazur

Land’s End: New and Selected Poemsby Gail Mazur

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