Icarus of the Deep: The Life and Death of Freediver Nick Mevoli
It's difficult to read Mevoli's story and not think of him as an Icarus of the deep, someone who wanted to know how far he could go and died finding out.
Nonfiction
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca
Dawn MacKeen on “The Hundred-Year Walk”
Vanessa Hua interviews Dawn MacKeen.
Toward a Wider View of “Nature Writing”
Nature writing needs to acknowledge and honor the contributions of people of color.
Dark and Dreary … and Real
"The Dead Duke" is ideal reading, like ghost and detective stories, for the days of the year when evening arrives early and temperatures are dropping.
Oscar López Rivera and the Cabanillas
Oscar López Rivera is undeservedly the most obscure of American political prisoners.
Marginalia and Its Disruptions
If the book is an endangered species, then so are its margins.
Deep Roots
On "South Toward Home" by Margaret Eby.
Brief Cases
"Brief Encounters" has left this reader grateful for its abundant gifts; grateful too that it doesn't overstay its welcome.
They All Knew Jack
Robinson suggests that this "mystery" is the result of a late-Victorian conspiracy.
The Return of the Repressed
Arabic is one of the six most spoken languages in the world today, with more than 400 million people using one of its varieties.
Remaking American Environmentalism
Jedediah Purdy has written a big book, taking up a set of profound environmental questions and offering sweeping answers.
The End of the Only Child Era
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