Nonfiction

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
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
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
- Nonfiction
A Third Term Is Possible: On Sofia Samatar’s “The White Mosque”
Safwan Khatib reviews Sofia Samatar’s new memoir “The White Mosque.”...
Safwan KhatibOct 25, 2022
- Memoir
- 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
When Addiction Fails: On Carl Erik Fisher’s “The Urge”
Gordon Marino reviews Carl Erik Fisher’s “The Urge.”...
Gordon MarinoSep 18, 2022
Modern-Day Oracles: On Alice Wong’s “Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life”
Laura Mauldin reviews “Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life” by Alice Wong....
Laura MauldinSep 15, 2022
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
“Entrepreneurs in Bodily Capital”: On Lisa Uperesa’s “Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Game”
David Lipset reviews Lisa Uperesa’s anthropological study “Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Game.”...
David LipsetSep 11, 2022
Tasty Waves
Surf expert Michael Scott Moore braves Patrick Moser’s “Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture.”...
Michael Scott MooreSep 8, 2022
- History
- Nonfiction
“History Really Is a Human Story”: A Conversation with A. M. Homes
Yvonne Conza speaks with A. M. Homes about her new novel, “The Unfolding.”...
Yvonne ConzaSep 6, 2022
Making a Life’s Work of Death: On Hayley Campbell’s “All the Living and the Dead”
Jeannine Burgdorf reviews Hayley Campbell’s new book “All the Living and the Dead.”...
Jeannine BurgdorfAug 27, 2022
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
Autocracy and Historical Accidents: On Katie Stallard’s “Dancing on Bones” and Joseph W. Esherick’s “Accidental Holy Land”
Ed Pulford considers Katie Stallard’s “Dancing on Bones” and Joseph W. Esherick’s “Accidental Holy Land.”...
Ed PulfordAug 26, 2022
The Land Is a Body
Yangyang Cheng reviews Ruth Rogaski’s “Knowing Manchuria: Environments, the Senses, and Natural Knowledge on an Asian Borderland” and Victor Seow’s “Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia.”...
Yangyang ChengAug 24, 2022
A “Lost Cause” Finds His Way: On Isaac Fitzgerald’s “Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional”
Dorian Fox explores Isaac Fitzgerald’s journey from low self-esteem to success in “Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional.”...
Dorian FoxAug 19, 2022
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
What Makes a Millennial?
Sarah Wasserman questions the defining boundaries and problematic categorizations carried by our culture's treatment of the label "millennial."...
Sarah WassermanAug 18, 2022
Plummeting Upstairs: On Joseph Sassoon's “The Sassoons”
Pratinav Anil finds much to admire in Joseph Sassoon’s history of his own storied merchant family....
Pratinav AnilAug 6, 2022
Love Me Like a Rock
Marnie Goodfriend recalls the end of her relationship with a verbally abusive boyfriend....
Marnie GoodfriendJul 28, 2022
- Nonfiction