Worked Well with Others
Discovering the structure of DNA was not Francis Crick’s only important collaboration
By Priscilla Long Thursday, June 1, 2006
Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code By Matt Ridley
Half-Brother to the World
The United States has been more like other nations than we like to think
By Eugen Weber Thursday, June 1, 2006
A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History By Thomas Bender
African Renaissance?
Finding hope on a continent where many people see only despair
By David Chanoff Thursday, June 1, 2006
New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance By Charlayne Hunter-Gault
In Search of a Great Modernist
Do Proust’s final days illuminate his novel?
By Susan Rubin Suleiman Thursday, June 1, 2006
Proust at the Majestic: The Last Days of the Author Whose Book Changed Paris By Richard Davenport-Hines
Tiny Tomes
Literature in miniature has a 500-year history, but what’s the appeal of a volume too small to read?
By Judith Pascoe Thursday, June 1, 2006
The Man Who Got His Way
John Hammond, scion of white privilege, helped integrate popular music
By Wendy Smith Thursday, June 1, 2006
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, January 13, 2025
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christopheby Marlene L. Daut
The Writer in the Family
The fiction of E. L. Doctorow gave a young man hope of connecting his father and his literary hero
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The Weight of a Stone
Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology
By Megan Craig Thursday, January 2, 2025
