History

Young Adult

The Hidden Literary Heritage of Harriet the Spy

Leslie Brody on the Origins of an Iconic Character

 
By Leslie Brody  December 4, 2020
Adaptations

The Mankiewicz Brothers’ Biographer Weighs in on David Fincher’s Mank

By Sydney Ladensohn Stern  December 4, 2020
The Virtual Book Channel

WATCH: Candice Brathwaite, Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff, and Elisabeth Fapuro in Conversation

By The Virtual Book Channel  December 4, 2020
The Hub

Camilla Townsend is the 2020 winner of the Cundill History Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka  December 3, 2020
Keen On

How American Exceptionalism Leads to American Isolationism

By Keen On  December 3, 2020
Music

The Doors’ John Densmore on the Time Van Morrison Left Him Hanging Onstage

By John Densmore  December 3, 2020
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
Diaries

The Wing That Saved Me: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on Happy Years in Vermont With His Wife Alya

By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  December 3, 2020
Syrian War

Discovering The Power of Books During the Syrian Revolution

By Delphine Minoui  December 3, 2020
We Have Ways of Making You Talk

How the US Coast Guard Made a Name for Itself During WWII

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   December 3, 2020
Cover Reveal

Aminatta Forna and Maaza Mengiste: A Conversation and Cover Reveal

The Window Seat, an Essay Collection, Comes Out Next May

By Literary Hub  December 4, 2020
The Virtual Book Channel

WATCH: Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, and Nicola Davies in Conversation

By The Virtual Book Channel  December 2, 2020
Keen On

How Do We Stop the Strongmen… Before We Get Another One in 2024?

By Keen On  December 2, 2020
Architecture

One of Europe’s Great Libraries Didn’t Stand a Chance… In Either of the World Wars

By Richard Ovenden  December 2, 2020
Saints

What Does It Take to Be Granted Sainthood?

Following Emil Kapaun's Journey from Kansas to the Vatican

By Joe Drape  December 2, 2020
Photography

Visiting Babylon Boulevard, New York’s 19th-Century Bohemian Underworld

By Stephen Berkman  December 2, 2020
Cats

House Cats and Wild Cats Aren’t Actually That Different

By John Gray  December 1, 2020
The Holocaust

On Visiting Auschwitz and Grappling with the Climate of Evil and Injustice

By Anna Badkhen  December 1, 2020
Medicine

How Social Medicine Can Help Us Understand Pandemics

Paul Farmer on the Interplay of a Virus and Its Environment

By Paul Farmer  December 1, 2020
Lit Century

On Desire (and its Absence) in the Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy

By Lit Century   December 1, 2020
New Books Network

On the Role of College Presidents in the Civil Rights Movement

By New Books Network  December 1, 2020
New Books Network

How Do We Make Sense of Mass Atrocity?

By New Books Network  December 1, 2020
American History

Isabel Wilkerson on the Legacies of American Chattel Slavery

The Making of Color Caste in the United States

By Isabel Wilkerson  November 30, 2020
Philosophy

The Medieval Philosopher Who Outlined the Basics of the Universe

By Seb Falk  November 30, 2020
War

A Living Ghost From the Chechnyan War

By Wojciech Jagielski  November 30, 2020
Philosophy

The Painter and the Scientist:
Unraveling the Myths About Leonardo Da Vinci

By Francesca Fiorani  December 2, 2020
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