Pedigree
A brief excerpt from Nobel prizewinner Patrick Modiano’s memoir
By Stephanie Bastek
Tuesday, August 25, 2015A brief excerpt from Nobel prizewinner Patrick Modiano’s memoir
Mindware
A brief excerpt from Richard E. Nisbett’s new book
By Stephanie Bastek
Thursday, August 20, 2015A brief excerpt from Richard E. Nisbett’s new book
The Meaning of the Library
A brief excerpt from a new collection of essays, edited by Alice Crawford
By Stephanie Bastek
Thursday, August 6, 2015A brief excerpt from a new collection of essays, edited by Alice Crawford
The Reading Hordes
An excerpt from The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen
By Charlie Lee
Tuesday, November 9, 2021An excerpt from The Library: A Fragile History by 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, 2021An excerpt from A Story That Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, & Other Traumas by 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, 2021An excerpt from A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible by Kristen Swenson
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, 2021An excerpt from Point of Reckoning: The Fight for Racial Justice at Duke University by 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, 2020An excerpt from 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, 2020An 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
By Jayne Ross
Thursday, September 17, 2020An excerpt from 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, 2020An excerpt from Plague Years: A Doctor’s Journey Through the AIDS Crisis by 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, 2020An excerpt from Land’s End: New and Selected Poems by Gail Mazur