Resisting the Food Establishment: On Mayukh Sen’s “Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America”
Sen has brought to light a stellar cast of culinary experts that readers may not know about but should.
Sen has brought to light a stellar cast of culinary experts that readers may not know about but should.
Sharmila MukherjeeFeb 14, 2022
A well-crafted true story of female journalists reporting from the front lines.
Stephanie GortonFeb 3, 2022
Alex Danchev’s final book is a sparkling biography of a prolific, popular artist.
Peter PlagensJan 21, 2022
A new biography of the founder of Lettrism, the “avant-garde of the avant-garde.”
Marius HenteaJan 7, 2022
A newly opened archive of Eliot’s letters sheds light on his friendship with Woolf.
Megan QuigleyDec 27, 2021
A remarkable account of the life, work, and afterlife of an elusive modernist artist.
Ross WilsonDec 20, 2021
Sophia Stewart on Stephen Sondheim, Georges Seurat, Sam Francis, and the recovered power of the muse.
Sophia StewartNov 24, 2021
A biography of activist Fannie Lou Hamer compares her work to today’s activists.
Elwood WatsonNov 19, 2021
Declan Ryan gleans new insights on poet Charlotte Mew from “This Rare Spirit,” a biography by Julia Copus.
Declan RyanNov 11, 2021
Cynthia Haven’s “Czesław Miłosz: A California Life” captures the formative dynamics of exile.
Cory OldweilerNov 7, 2021
John Reeves reviews Allen C Guelzo's new biography of Robert E. Lee.
John ReevesNov 3, 2021
Zachary Fine on the resurgence of Elizabeth Hardwick.
Zachary FineOct 18, 2021
A provocative biography of Lindy Morrison, drummer for the Australian indie-rock band The Go-Betweens.
Gina ArnoldSep 7, 2021
At the crux of Deborah Levy’s concerns is how to live a creative life as a woman.
Mia LevitinAug 24, 2021
Michael S. Roth explores “Gods of the Upper Air” by Charles King.
Michael S. RothAug 13, 2021
Shaan Sachdev reviews “Hannah Arendt” by Samantha Rose Hill, a new book in Reaktion Books’s Critical Lives series.
Shaan SachdevAug 7, 2021
Veronica Esposito speaks to Susan Bernofsky, author of the long-awaited biography of Robert Walser, “Clairvoyant of the Small.”
Veronica EspositoJul 26, 2021
A biography chronicling two gay men during the US Gilded Age.
Vesper NorthJun 29, 2021
Nilanjan Bhowmick reviews Supriya Gandhi's biography of Dara Shukoh, "The Emperor Who Never Was."
Nilanjan BhowmickJun 20, 2021
An epistolary biography of a midcentury French businessman and patron of the arts.
Jake FuchsJun 14, 2021
Stephen Kinzer discusses his new biography, “Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control.”
James Penner, Ed PrideauxMay 19, 2021
A new biography of Milman Parry, who transformed our understanding of Homer, and oral culture in general.
Tim RileyMay 3, 2021
Two solid biographies of the late Philip Roth, one authorized, one not.
Steven G. KellmanApr 8, 2021
Maria Rybakova plumbs the depths of “Devils, Lusts and Strange Desires. The Life of Patricia Highsmith” by Richard Bradford.
Maria RybakovaApr 2, 2021