Wild Thing: A New Biography of Thoreau
A quiet bombshell of a biography that reclaims a revolutionary Thoreau for the 21st century....
Who Does He Favor?
Rachel Masilamani offers a graphic portrait revisiting the 2016 presidential campaign. Part of the July 2017 Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival....
One Fait Accompli After Another: Mikhail Gorbachev on the New Russia
Tom Gallagher appreciates “The New Russia,” a political autobiography by Mikhail Gorbachev....
The Myth of an Apolitical Montaigne
Robert Minto assays “Montaigne: A Life” by Philippe Desan, which restores the great essayist’s political dimension....
The Objectionist: The Life and Times of William F. Buckley Jr.
William F. Buckley Jr. loved to yell “stop” no matter what was moving, says our reviewer....
Have a Carrot, Have Two
Glen Roven on Amy Gary's "In the Great Green Room," a biography of "Goodnight Moon" author Margaret Wise Brown....
A Tapestry of Fame and Failure
Noah Kennedy reviews George Prochnik's "Stranger in a Strange Land."...
The American Sputnik: Van Cliburn Heats Up the Cold War
Tim Riley reviews two new books about pianist Van Cliburn....
How to “Madame President”
Chris Fink talks to Helene Cooper about her new biography of the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa....
Traumatized Nixon
“Richard Nixon is not the gateway to understanding Donald Trump.” Larry Harnisch reviews John A. Farrell’s “Richard Nixon: The Life.”...
The Strange Promise of a Genuine Squirrel Coat
Judith Freeman admires “Bonnie Cashin: Chic Is Where You Find It” by Stephanie Lake....
Worse Than the “Vilest Strumpet”
Leigh Eric Schmidt on Bonnie S. Anderson's biography of Ernestine Rose, "The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter."...
