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The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, October Edition

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, October Edition

Chronicles of Lincoln and John Brown, Mid-Century Nuclear Roulette, the Golden Age of Egyptology, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2020

How Early Climbers Explained the Mystery of Altitude Sickness

How Early Climbers Explained the Mystery of Altitude Sickness

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | October 27, 2020

Does Amy Coney Barrett's Nomination Violate the Religious Test Clause of the Constitution?

Does Amy Coney Barrett's Nomination Violate the Religious Test Clause of the Constitution?

Michael Rips Makes the Case She Was Chosen Precisely Because of Her Religious Beliefs

By Michael Rips | October 26, 2020

Michiko Kakutani on <br>Why We Love Books

Michiko Kakutani on
Why We Love Books

And on Relevance of Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism Today

By Michiko Kakutani | October 26, 2020

The Fight for Better Living and Working Conditions for Latinx Farmworkers in the US

The Fight for Better Living and Working Conditions for Latinx Farmworkers in the US

Paola Ramos on the Work of a Young Environmental Justice Activist

By Paola Ramos | October 26, 2020

The Fan Letters of Simone de Beauvoir

The Fan Letters of Simone de Beauvoir

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | October 26, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Sylvia Plath... Nature Writer?

By Marlena Williams | October 23, 2020

The Enduring Strength and Richness of Kashmir's
Literary Life

By Sharanya Deepak | October 23, 2020

Towards a Definition of the Brown Commons

By José Esteban Muñoz | October 23, 2020

The Ever-Evolving Landscape of Scholarly Book Publishing

The Ever-Evolving Landscape of Scholarly Book Publishing

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | October 23, 2020

WATCH: Writers and Translators on What It Means to Have a 'Mother Tongue'

WATCH: Writers and Translators on What It Means to Have a 'Mother Tongue'

From Motherless Tongues, Multiple Belongings, Part of PEN's Translating the Future

By Literary Hub | October 23, 2020

Antibody: Starring Angela Chen, Athena Dixon, and Melissa Faliveno

Antibody: Starring Angela Chen, Athena Dixon, and Melissa Faliveno

With Your Host Brian Gresko

By The Antibody Reading Series | October 22, 2020

A Brief History of the Political Essay

A Brief History of the Political Essay

From Swift to Woolf, David Bromwich Considers an Evolving Genre

By David Bromwich | October 22, 2020

On Turn-of-the-Century Suffrage Cookbooks, Trojan Horse For Women's Equality

On Turn-of-the-Century Suffrage Cookbooks, Trojan Horse For Women's Equality

In Which One Might Learn How to Make "Pie for a Suffragist’s Doubting Husband."

By Laura Kumin | October 22, 2020

Restoring the World’s Most Iconic Fighter Plane

Restoring the World’s Most Iconic Fighter Plane

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | October 22, 2020

Tim O’Brien recited poetry to himself to get through the war.

Tim O’Brien recited poetry to himself to get through the war.

By Jonny Diamond | October 21, 2020

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