Nonfiction

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

Into the Wardrobe
Fashion is a way that women speak to the world, not just a result of the way the world speaks to women.
Sasha WisemanSep 15, 2014
- Gender & Sexuality
- Nonfiction
The Lost and the Found
Contributor Nellie Hermann on "Epilogue" by Will Boast
Nellie HermannSep 15, 2014
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
Bonhoeffer Co-Opted
Contributor Joel Looper on Charles Marsh's "Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer"
Joel LooperSep 10, 2014
Death Stories
Rachel Monroe discusses a book on amateur sleuthing by Deborah Halber.
Rachel MonroeAug 21, 2014
- Nonfiction
Library in the Future Tense
What is the future of libraries?
Justin WadlandAug 18, 2014
- Art & Architecture
- Nonfiction
The Era of the Geographically Confused
A collaboration between a grandfather and grandson traces the history of India and Burma through personal memories.
Anjali VaidyaAug 2, 2014
A Secondary Art: The Letters of Malcolm Cowley
Evan Kindley on Malcolm Cowley, book reviewer and editor.
Evan KindleyJul 30, 2014
- Nonfiction
The News Is Born
The Invention of News — If the daily newspaper was never exactly a sacred object, it grew to become a powerfully symbolic one.
Julianne WerlinJul 15, 2014
- Nonfiction
The Journalist and the Victim
Maurice ChammahJul 9, 2014
- Nonfiction
- Religion
Strangers in the Metropolis: Jeffrey Wasserstrom on Mara Hvistendahl
Jeffrey WasserstromJul 7, 2014
- Nonfiction
Migrant Trainhoppers on the Rails Through Hell
A tour-de-force overlooked by the year’s best-of lists deserves to be recognized.
Aaron ShulmanDec 28, 2013
- Cultural Studies
- Nonfiction
The World Behind It: Flannery O’Connor’s Prayer Journal
Amy GerstlerDec 7, 2013
- Fiction
- Nonfiction