From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

Featuring Titles by Russell Shorto, Ben Ratliff, Hannah Selinger, and More

By Literary Hub | February 28, 2025

“We Owe Them Recognition.” On Recovering and Preserving Mexico’s Trans History

“We Owe Them Recognition.” On Recovering and Preserving Mexico’s Trans History

Alexandra R. DeRuiz Explores Her Country's Continuing Struggle for LGBTQ Rights, Visibility and Acceptance

By Alexandra R. DeRuiz | February 27, 2025

The Rise of Ronald Reagan, a Product of California

The Rise of Ronald Reagan, a Product of California

Michael Hiltzik on the Early Career of the Actor-Cum-Politician Who Changed America

By Michael Hiltzik | February 26, 2025

Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

Andrew Lawler on the Revolutionary Roots of a Corrosive National Pastime

By Andrew Lawler | February 25, 2025

Omar El Akkad on Genocide, Complicit Liberals, and the Terrible Wrath of the West

Omar El Akkad on Genocide, Complicit Liberals, and the Terrible Wrath of the West

Dan Sheehan Talks to the Author of “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”

By Dan Sheehan | February 25, 2025

From Princely Regalia to Women’s Underwear: The Evolution of the Color Pink

From Princely Regalia to Women’s Underwear: The Evolution of the Color Pink

Michel Pastoureau on the History of a Color

By Michel Pastoureau | February 24, 2025

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How Two of America’s Biggest Columnists Reacted to the Assassination of Malcolm X

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How Little Richard Brought Black and Queer Culture to American Airwaves

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Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities

By Judith Butler | February 20, 2025

In Purging Language About Trans People, Donald Trump and Elon Musk Are Trying to Purge the People Themselves

In Purging Language About Trans People, Donald Trump and Elon Musk Are Trying to Purge the People Themselves

Gabrielle Bellot on the Radical Power of Words As Weapons

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 19, 2025

Who Were the Women Novelists Who Really Inspired Jane Austen?

Who Were the Women Novelists Who Really Inspired Jane Austen?

Rebecca Romney on Unearthing a Legacy of Systematic Literary Erasure

By Rebecca Romney | February 19, 2025

How the Pilgrims Redefined What It Means to Move Across the World

How the Pilgrims Redefined What It Means to Move Across the World

Yoni Appelbaum Explores the Puritan Origins of Modern Ideas About Migration

By Yoni Appelbaum | February 19, 2025

Remembering David Ruggles, the radical abolitionist who opened the first Black-owned bookstore.

Remembering David Ruggles, the radical abolitionist who opened the first Black-owned bookstore.

A Black History month reflection.

By Brittany Allen | February 18, 2025

Wife, Mother, Labor Organizer: On the Hidden Activist Life of Betty Friedan

Wife, Mother, Labor Organizer: On the Hidden Activist Life of Betty Friedan

Haley Mlotek Explores the Tension Between the Political and the Personal For the Author of “The Feminine Mystique”

By Haley Mlotek | February 18, 2025

How the Girlboss Lost: Sophie Lewis on the Rise and Fall of a Feminist Moment

How the Girlboss Lost: Sophie Lewis on the Rise and Fall of a Feminist Moment

Leaning Into the Death of Lean-In Feminism and Its Many Resurrections in Our Conflicted Zeitgeist

By Sophie Lewis | February 18, 2025

Elyse Durham on Depicting the Artistic Side of the Cold War in Fiction

Elyse Durham on Depicting the Artistic Side of the Cold War in Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Maya & Natasha”

By Jane Ciabattari | February 18, 2025

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