California, Coming Home: On Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert’s “Listen, World!”
Lauren Arrington considers a biography of influential newspaper columnist Elsie Robinson, “Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became...
Lauren Arrington considers a biography of influential newspaper columnist Elsie Robinson, “Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became...
Lauren ArringtonNov 28, 2022
Josh Weeks reviews Chilean author Nona Fernández’s novel “Space Invaders,” translated by Natasha Wimmer.
Josh WeeksNov 24, 2022
Stephen Rohde reviews Erwin Chemerinsky’s “Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism.”
Stephen RohdeNov 23, 2022
Jesse Robertson considers the legacy of insomnia-prone radio host Art Bell.
Jesse RobertsonNov 22, 2022
José Luis Benavides reviews “Abecedario de Juárez: An Illustrated Lexicon” by Julián Cardona and Alice Leora Briggs, with translations by Alice L...
José Luis BenavidesNov 21, 2022
Esther Allen reports on the state of PEN America.
Esther AllenNov 19, 2022
Vesper North considers Gene Andrew Jarrett’s updated biography, “Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird.”
Vesper NorthNov 17, 2022
Daniela Blei explores the paradoxes constituted by “the beach” — an allegedly natural place of leisure and fun since the Industrial Revolution...
Daniela BleiNov 16, 2022
Daniel Blank reviews Emma Smith’s “Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers.”
Daniel BlankNov 15, 2022
Kevin Hart reviews John T. McGreevy’s new book, “Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis.”
Kevin HartNov 13, 2022
Bennett Parten considers Karen Joy Fowler’s new novel, “Booth,” about the United States’ most notorious assassin.
Bennett PartenNov 11, 2022
Frantz Fanon is a rock star of the American academy 60 years after his death. Here’s why it’s critical that we recognize the influence of the...
Muriam Haleh DavisNov 9, 2022
Dylan Davis and Patrick King discuss the impact of Noel Ignatiev on the US labor movement through his books such as “Acceptable Men: Life in the...
Dylan Davis, Patrick KingNov 9, 2022
A report on Louise Steinman’s book launch in Poland and the larger project of Polish-Jewish reconciliation.
Louise Steinman, Laurie WinerNov 6, 2022
Ed Simon reviews Peter Manseau’s “The Jefferson Bible.”
Ed SimonNov 6, 2022
Jason Crawford discusses the career of Robert Armin, the first modern comedian.
Jason CrawfordNov 4, 2022
Victor Gaetan reviews Massimo Borghesi’s “Neoconservatism vs. the Field Hospital Church of Pope Francis,” translated by Barry Hudock.
Victor GaetanOct 30, 2022
Tributes to a giant of L.A. letters from his colleagues and students.
Matt Garcia, William Deverell, John Shannon, Peter Sebastian Chesney, David Kipen, Derrick OrtegaOct 26, 2022
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson talks with Susan Gillman about her new book “American Mediterraneans: A Study in Geography, History, and Race.”
Cherene Sherrard-JohnsonOct 20, 2022
Donald Morrison talks to Joe Coscarelli of “The New York Times” about the state and shape of Atlanta hip-hop.
Donald MorrisonOct 19, 2022
David N. Myers reviews Kenneth B. Moss’s “An Unchosen People: Jewish Political Reckoning in Interwar Poland.”
David N. MyersOct 19, 2022
David Bentley Hart reviews Ed Simon’s “Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology.”
David Bentley HartOct 16, 2022
Mina Khanlarzadeh reflects on the children’s stories impacted by the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Mina KhanlarzadehOct 15, 2022
Erin L. Thompson considers Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s “The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice.”
Erin L. ThompsonOct 12, 2022