Young, Restless, Gifted, and Black: Exploring the Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry with Imani Perry
Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn talks to Imani Perry about her new biography of Lorraine Hansberry....
Literature and Life: An Interview with Soledad Fox Maura
A biography of perhaps the most interesting man in the (20th-century) world....
Alive in a Magic Democracy: On “The Real Lolita”
Francesca Capossela puts “The Real Lolita” by Sarah Weinman in dialogue with “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov....
The Dust on a Butterfly’s Wing: On Sarah Weinman’s Investigation of “The Real Lolita”
Désirée Zamorano reviews “The Real Lolita” by Sarah Weinman....
A New Light on a Neglected Ruler: On “Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan”
A biography of one of India’s forgotten female rulers....
“No Films Are Ever Made”: A Correspondence with Paul Bowles
Tom Christie presents his four-year correspondence with Paul Bowles....
Originalism on Trial
Bob Egelko reviews Richard L. Hasen's "The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption."...
Call Sign “Chaos”
A new biography of General James “Mad Dog” Mattis....
Seeing Both Sides of the Shield: On Rebecca Harding Davis
"When we look for meaning in the lives of historical figures, what we’re often looking for is the reflected image of our own ideas and beliefs."...
An Intensity Leavened by Gentleness
A new biography of the seminal French literary and cultural theorist René Girard....
Cheerful Contrarian: Freeman Dyson’s Letters
Sara Lippincott parses theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson's "Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters."...
Sacred Places: Hugh Ryan Interviews Lance Richardson
Hugh Ryan talks to Lance Richardson about his new biography, "House of Nutter: The Rebel Tailor of Savile Row."...
