Rooting in the Dirt: On Robert Aquinas McNally’s “Cast Out of Eden”
Andrew Graybill reviews Robert Aquinas McNally’s “Cast Out of Eden: The Untold Story of John Muir, Indigenous Peoples, and the American Wilderness.”
Andrew Graybill reviews Robert Aquinas McNally’s “Cast Out of Eden: The Untold Story of John Muir, Indigenous Peoples, and the American Wilderness.”
Andrew GraybillMay 12
Joseph A. McCartin reviews “The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of American Labor.”
Joseph A. McCartinMay 4
Peter B. Kaufman reviews Peter Pomerantsev’s “How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler.”
Peter B. KaufmanApr 30
Ed Simon reviews Mohamed Amer Meziane’s “The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization.”
Ed SimonApr 26
Jonathan van Harmelen reveals a lesser-known, unappreciated history of American film through the work of Asian American makers and studios.
Jonathan van HarmelenApr 25
After reading Jason A. Heppler’s “Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism,” Patrick McCray decides that Silicon...
W. Patrick McCrayApr 23
In honor of National Talk Like Shakespeare Day, Frank Bergon writes about Shakespeare’s possible use of the Basque language.
Frank BergonApr 23
Dorothy Berry reviews Laura Helton’s “Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History.”
Dorothy BerryApr 22
In the first of a series, Osagie K. Obasogie explores the history and persistence of eugenics in science, medicine, and elsewhere.
Osagie K. ObasogieApr 17
Are people—and the United States—doomed to be the subalterns of the aristocrats?
Mark EdmundsonApr 14
Tom Allen reviews Hannah Proctor’s “Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat.”
Tom AllenApr 10
Devin Griffiths reads Frank Herbert’s “Dune” as a novel of environmental protest.
Devin GriffithsApr 5
Arvind Dilawar reviews Eugene M. Helveston’s “Death to Beauty: The Transformative History of Botox.”
Arvind DilawarMar 30
Edward Watts reviews Mary Beard’s “Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World.”
Edward J. WattsMar 29
Melina Moe writes about the rejection letters Toni Morrison sent as an editor at Random House.
Melina MoeMar 26
Greg Barnhisel reviews Andrew Pettegree’s “The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading.”
Greg BarnhiselMar 25
In an essay that takes off from Mitch Troutman’s “The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry,” native son Jonah...
Jonah WaltersMar 21
T. M. Brown reviews Tricia Romano’s “The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed...
T. M. BrownMar 15
Adrienne Raphel reviews Anna Shechtman’s “The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle.”
Adrienne RaphelMar 14
Sasha Vasilyuk interviews Katya Apekina about her second novel, “Mother Doll.”
Sasha VasilyukMar 12
Jack Miles reviews James Bernauer’s “Auschwitz & Absolution: The Case of the Commandant and the Confessor” in light of the new film “The Zone of...
Jack MilesMar 4
Noah Sparkes reviews Amitav Ghosh’s “Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories.”
Noah SparkesMar 2
Lindsay Chervinsky reviews Katie Rogers’s “American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden.”
Lindsay ChervinskyFeb 29
Stephanie Elizondo Griest reviews Lauren Markham’s “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging.”