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 Between by 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 Traumas Dan 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 University Theodore 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 Sprawl by 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 Crisis Ross 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 Poems by Gail Mazur
Red: The History of a Color
Read an excerpt from Michel Pastoureau’s new book about the color of love and rage
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Scurvy: The Disease of Discovery
Read an excerpt from Jonathan Lamb’s new book about every sailor’s favorite ailment
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 16, 2016
Krazy
Read an excerpt from Michael Tisserand’s new biography of George Herriman
By Stephanie Bastek Thursday, December 8, 2016
23/7
Read an excerpt from Keramet Reiter’s new book about the rise of solitary confinement
By Stephanie Bastek Thursday, November 3, 2016
Ghostland
Read an excerpt from Colin Dickey’s history of America’s most haunted places
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, October 17, 2016
How to Travel Without Seeing
Read an excerpt from Andrés Neuman’s dispatches from Latin America
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, September 26, 2016
Weapons of Math Destruction
Read an excerpt from Cathy O’Neil’s book on how Big Data increases inequality and threatens democracy
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 9, 2016
The Story of Egypt
Read an excerpt from Joann Fletcher’s book about the civilization that shaped the world
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, August 30, 2016
A Road Unforeseen
Read an excerpt from Meredith Tax’s book about the women fighting the Islamic State—and winning
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, August 23, 2016
I Contain Multitudes
Read an excerpt from Ed Yong’s new book about the microbes within us
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, August 9, 2016
