The Year Europe Revolted The Year Europe Revolted
A new history by Christopher Clark on the 1848 revolutions.
Oct 31, 2023 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
The Enigmatic Science Fiction of Djuna The Enigmatic Science Fiction of Djuna
The radical visions of South Korea’s mononymous, pseudonymous, and officially anonymous sci-fi novelist and film critic.
Oct 30, 2023 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
The Pleasure and Peril of Gardening While Black The Pleasure and Peril of Gardening While Black
Poet Camille T. Dungy's Soil is a personal and wide-ranging history of the garden and the environment in African American life.
Oct 26, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme
In Brazil, a Best-Selling Novel Confronts the Brutal Afterlife of Slavery In Brazil, a Best-Selling Novel Confronts the Brutal Afterlife of Slavery
Crooked Plow made Itamar Vieira Junior an essential voice in Brazilian letters.
Oct 25, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jimin Kang
The Dark Message of “Killers of the Flower Moon” The Dark Message of “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Unlike the visions of unbounded freedom found in traditional westerns, Martin Scorsese’s new film is a study of a West bounded by the vertical geometry of oil rigs and the violent...
Oct 25, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte
The Ironist and the Exhibitionist: On Osamu Dazai The Ironist and the Exhibitionist: On Osamu Dazai
The Japanese novelist’s dark-hearted comedies are at once unhinged and brilliant.
Oct 24, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Paul Franz
How Asset Managers Ruined Our Lives How Asset Managers Ruined Our Lives
Firms like Blackstone have made investments in real estate, energy, and infrastructure to become the world’s most crooked landlords and bill collectors.
Oct 23, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Michael Eby
Is It Time to Imagine a World Without Roads? Is It Time to Imagine a World Without Roads?
Be it highway or dirt track, our infrastructure has become an ecological disaster. Ben Goldfarb’s Crossings catalogs the devastation.
Oct 19, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jimmy Tobias
The Many Lives of Samuel Ringgold Ward The Many Lives of Samuel Ringgold Ward
Books & the Arts / October 18, 2023 The Creed of Liberty The remarkable life of Samuel Ringgold Ward. The Many Lives of Samuel Ringgold Ward R.J.M. Blackett’s new biography…
Oct 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Kellie Carter Jackson
The Latin School Teacher Who Made Classics Popular The Latin School Teacher Who Made Classics Popular
A new biography of Edith Hamilton tells the story of how and why ancient literature became widely read in the United States.
Oct 17, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson