A Democratic and Peaceful Existence: On Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman’s “Taiwan”
Catherine Chou discusses “Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat” by Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman.
Catherine Chou discusses “Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat” by Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman.
Catherine Lila ChouApr 18
Naa Oyo A. Kwate lauds Uché Blackstock’s grounded memoir about racism in medicine and denounces Constance Hilliard’s genetic explanation for Black...
Naa Oyo A. KwateApr 16
Sarah Brouillette reviews Melinda Cooper’s “Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance.”
Sarah BrouilletteApr 15
Jeffrey J. Williams interviews Doran Larson about the American Prison Writing Archive and his new book, “Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the...
Jeffrey J. WilliamsApr 12
Lazz Kinnamon reviews Constance Debré's "Playboy."
Lazz KinnamonApr 9
Leah Mandel reviews Emmeline Clein’s “Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm.”
Leah MandelApr 6
Forrest Gander reviews Eliot Weinberger’s “The Life of Tu Fu.”
Forrest GanderApr 2
Martin Laflamme reviews three recent books that help understand the opening of China during the 1980s–2000s, and its closing again under Xi Jinping’s...
Martin LaflammeApr 1
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
Fred Turner reviews Jane Kamensky’s “Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below.”
Fred TurnerMar 28
Sarah Moorhouse reviews Adam Phillips’s “On Giving Up.”
Sarah MoorhouseMar 26
Meena Venkataramanan reviews two novels imagining the experiences of English literary figures George Orwell and W. Somerset Maugham in Southeast Asia...
Meena VenkataramananMar 22
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
Courtney Tenz reviews Anna Gazmarian’s “Devout: A Memoir of Doubt.”
Courtney TenzMar 18
Herb Randall reviews Inna Faliks’s “Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage.”
Herb RandallMar 18
In Joe Roman’s “Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World,” Ferris Jabr finds a compelling account of important scientific insights.
Ferris JabrMar 16
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
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
Peter Campion reviews David Thomson’s “Remotely: Travels in the Binge of TV.”
Peter CampionFeb 26
Adam Elder interviews the master interviewer, Lawrence Grobel.
Adam ElderFeb 26
Emily Ann Zisko reviews Elizabeth Flock’s “The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice.”
Emily Ann ZiskoFeb 25
Stephanie Elizondo Griest reviews Lauren Markham’s “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging.”
Timothy Leary sucked the revolutionary potential out of psychedelic science, concludes Kim Adams after reading Benjamin Breen’s “Tripping on Utopia...
Kim AdamsFeb 21