Play Me Some Mountain Music: On Emily Hilliard’s “Making Our Future”
Tom Zoellner reviews Emily Hilliard’s “Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia.”
Tom Zoellner reviews Emily Hilliard’s “Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia.”
Tom ZoellnerMar 20, 2023
Robert Slayton examines Adam Hochschild’s “American Midnight.”
Robert SlaytonMar 16, 2023
Nicole Bauer explores how the French Revolution made conspiracy theory central to modern political discourse.
Nicole BauerMar 9, 2023
Leigh Jenco reviews Anthony Barbieri-Low’s “The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China” and Shadi Bartsch’s “Plato Goes to China: The Greek...
Leigh JencoMar 6, 2023
Joseph Rezek contemplates “Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early Americas” by Kirsten Silva Gruesz.
Joseph RezekFeb 1, 2023
Gina Apostol explores the works and cultural meanings of the great Filipino rebel-poet José Rizal.
Gina ApostolJan 30, 2023
Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn reviews David Stuttard’s “Phoenix: A Father, a Son, and the Rise of Athens.”
Elisabeth Lasch-QuinnJan 29, 2023
Whitney Strub considers Kelsy Burke’s “The Pornography Wars: The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Obscene Obsession.”
Whitney StrubJan 24, 2023
Peter Sebastian Chesney considers Char Miller’s “Natural Consequences: Intimate Essays for a Planet in Peril.”
Peter Sebastian ChesneyJan 20, 2023
Philosopher Paul Dicken reviews a new volume, “The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science,” edited by Bojana Mladenović.
Paul DickenJan 16, 2023
Yelena Furman reviews Sasha Senderovich’s “How the Soviet Jew Was Made.”
Yelena FurmanJan 15, 2023
Jean Hey considers Eve Fairbanks’s “The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning.”
Jean HeyJan 10, 2023
Jason E. Smith reviews Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan’s “States of Incarceration: Rebellion, Reform, and America’s Punishment System.”
Jason E. SmithJan 4, 2023
Jim Downs reviews Carole Emberton’s “To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner.”
Jim DownsJan 2, 2023
Jeff Wheelwright reviews Lyndsie Bourgon’s “Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods.”
Jeff WheelwrightDec 30, 2022
Roslyn Fuller reviews Jedediah S. Purdy‘s “Two Cheers for Politics: Why Democracy Is Flawed, Frightening ― and Our Best Hope.”
Roslyn FullerDec 29, 2022
On its 75th anniversary, Jason Resnikoff revisits the World War II documentary “Thunderbolt” and how it captures the relationship between filmmaking...
Jason ResnikoffDec 28, 2022
Joani Etskovitz explores the genres at play — from astronomy and mythology to self-help and romance — in Dr. Moiya McTier’s “The Milky Way: An...
Joani EtskovitzDec 24, 2022
Janna Brancolini discusses the dynamic relationship between restrictive Italian gender roles, Italy’s biggest literary prize, and the nation's...
Janna BrancoliniDec 23, 2022
Chris Yogerst reviews Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson’s “Hollywood: The Oral History.”
Chris YogerstDec 5, 2022
Lauren Arrington considers a biography of influential newspaper columnist Elsie Robinson, “Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became...
Lauren ArringtonNov 28, 2022
Josh Weeks reviews Chilean author Nona Fernández’s novel “Space Invaders,” translated by Natasha Wimmer.
Josh WeeksNov 24, 2022
Stephen Rohde reviews Erwin Chemerinsky’s “Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism.”
Stephen RohdeNov 23, 2022
Jesse Robertson considers the legacy of insomnia-prone radio host Art Bell.
Jesse RobertsonNov 22, 2022