Nonfiction

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

The Silence About Menstruation: A Conversation with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Eleanor J. Bader talks with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff about her new collection “Our Red Book: Intimate Histories of Periods, Growing & Changing.”
Eleanor J. BaderNov 1, 2022
The Catholic Opposition to Pope Francis: On Massimo Borghesi’s “Catholic Discordance”
Victor Gaetan reviews Massimo Borghesi’s “Neoconservatism vs. the Field Hospital Church of Pope Francis,” translated by Barry Hudock.
Victor GaetanOct 30, 2022
When One of Us Dies: On Mathieu Lindon’s “Hervelino”
Edmée Lepercq reviews Mathieu Lindon’s memoir “Hervelino,” translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman.
Edmée LepercqOct 26, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
A Third Term Is Possible: On Sofia Samatar’s “The White Mosque”
Safwan Khatib reviews Sofia Samatar’s new memoir “The White Mosque.”
Safa KhatibOct 25, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
Armpit Tortillas and Cactus Saliva: On Linda Ronstadt and Lawrence Downes’s “Feels Like Home”
Caroline Tracey reviews Linda Ronstadt and Lawrence Downes’s “Feels Like Home.”
Caroline TraceyOct 21, 2022
No Home at All?: On Kenneth B. Moss’s “An Unchosen People”
David N. Myers reviews Kenneth B. Moss’s “An Unchosen People: Jewish Political Reckoning in Interwar Poland.”
David N. MyersOct 19, 2022
Musket on Your Shoulder and No Bread at Home: On Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s “The Families’ Civil War”
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
All That Really Happens Happens to Me: On Annie Ernaux’s “Getting Lost”
Kaya Genç surveys the work of Annie Ernaux via her memoir “Getting Lost,” translated by Alison L. Strayer.
Kaya GençOct 10, 2022
Which Way the NAACP: On A. J. Baime’s “White Lies” and Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s “Civil Rights Queen”
Randal Jelks considers two books about underappreciated Civil Rights figures, A. J. Baime’s “White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret” and Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s “ Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality.”
Randal Maurice JelksSep 29, 2022
Greed and Envy in the Armenian Genocide: A Conversation with Ümit Kurt
Aris Janigian speaks with Ümit Kurt about his book “The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province.”
Aris JanigianSep 28, 2022
- History
- Nonfiction
Imperfect Wisdom: On Rachel Aviv’s “Strangers To Ourselves”
Callie Hitchcock gets to know “Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us,” a new analysis of mental illness by Rachel Aviv.
Callie HitchcockSep 22, 2022
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
The Muse as Creator: On Mark Braude’s “Kiki Man Ray”
Justin Tyler Clark reviews Mark Braude’s new biography “Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris.”
Justin Tyler ClarkSep 20, 2022