Can the History of the Soviet Union Be Told through a Single Building? Can the History of the Soviet Union Be Told through a Single Building?
Yuri Slezkine's new history captures the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life after the Russian Revolution.
Oct 18, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Tony Wood
International Territory International Territory
Three new books map the ambiguities of the UN’s extraterritorial status.
Oct 12, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Fixers Are the Unsung Heroes of Journalism Fixers Are the Unsung Heroes of Journalism
The brave locals who guide foreign reporters deserve recognition for making the story possible.
Oct 5, 2017 / Nick Turse
Barbarian Virtues Barbarian Virtues
James Scott's search for the origins of the state.
Oct 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
The Rage of White Folk The Rage of White Folk
How the silent majority became a loud and angry minority.
Sep 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Steven Hahn
The Messy Business of Free Speech The Messy Business of Free Speech
What’s missing from Floyd Abrams’s book The Soul of the First Amendment.
Sep 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Gara LaMarche
The Poetics of Jazz The Poetics of Jazz
A new book presents an alternative aesthetic history of jazz—and is also a challenge to all music critics.
Jul 20, 2017 / David B. Hobbs
Socialism’s Past and Future Socialism’s Past and Future
Axel Honneth’s new book seeks to give renewed meaning to the socialist ideal.
Jun 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Martin Jay
Mary Gaitskill Remains Open to Opposition Mary Gaitskill Remains Open to Opposition
The closest thing we get to a precept in Somebody with a Little Hammer is that we should all try to learn to think for ourselves—and, even then, things can go wrong.
Jun 19, 2017 / Larissa Pham
Al Franken Is Not Running for President Al Franken Is Not Running for President
But his new book is the antidote to Trumpism.
Jun 5, 2017 / Q&A / Joan Walsh