The Jazz of Physics
Read an excerpt from Stephon Alexander’s book about the music of the universe
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, May 3, 2016
67 Shots
Read an excerpt from Howard Means’s new history of the Kent State shootings
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Black Hole Blues
Read an excerpt from Janna Levin’s new book about the soundtrack of the universe
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Nothing Ever Dies
Read an excerpt from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new book about Vietnam and the memory of war
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, April 12, 2016
The Mechanical Horse
Read an excerpt from Margaret Guroff’s new history of the bicycle in America
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, April 5, 2016
The Rarest Bird in the World
Read an excerpt from Vernon R. L. Head’s new memoir about the search for the Nechisar Nightjar
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Almost Home
Read an excerpt from Githa Hariharan’s new collection of travel essays
By Stephanie Bastek Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Graveyard Clay and The Dirty Dust
Compare two translations of “Cré na Cille,” Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Irish masterpiece
By Stephanie Bastek Wednesday, March 16, 2016
The Profiteers
Read an excerpt from Sally Denton’s book about the world-building Bechtel Corporation
By Stephanie Bastek Wednesday, March 9, 2016
You Could Look It Up
Read an excerpt from Jack Lynch’s new ode to the encyclopedia
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, February 23, 2016
On the Road
An excerpt from Vagabond: Venice Beach, Slab City and Points in Between by Ceilidh Michelle
By Elizabeth Pankova Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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
By Charlie Lee Tuesday, November 9, 2021
<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
By Jayne Ross Tuesday, September 14, 2021
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
By Jayne Ross Thursday, February 11, 2021
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
By Jayne Ross Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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
By Jayne Ross Thursday, November 5, 2020
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
By Jayne Ross Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Home Is Where the HOA Is
An excerpt from The Sprawl by Jason Diamond
By Jayne Ross Thursday, September 17, 2020
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
By Jayne Ross Thursday, August 27, 2020
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
By Jayne Ross Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Land’s End: New and Selected Poemsby Gail Mazur
