Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Featuring a History of Pop Music, a Chronicle of Black Filmmaking, a Counterhistory of Feminism, and More

By Book Marks | October 26, 2021

W. Ralph Eubanks Takes a Journey Through the Literary History of Mississippi

W. Ralph Eubanks Takes a Journey Through the Literary History of Mississippi

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 26, 2021

Remember when the Grateful Dead did a 12-minute freestyle based on “The Raven”?

Remember when the Grateful Dead did a 12-minute freestyle based on “The Raven”?

By Walker Caplan | October 25, 2021

Richard Powers on How Stories Can Help Us Cultivate Kinship with Other Creatures

Richard Powers on How Stories Can Help Us Cultivate Kinship with Other Creatures

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 25, 2021

Charlotte Cushman: Radical Feminist, Actress, Patron of the Arts

Charlotte Cushman: Radical Feminist, Actress, Patron of the Arts

Tana Wojczuk on the Leader of an Unlikely Group of Expats Called the “Jolly Bachelors”

By Tana Wojczuk | October 25, 2021

A super-rare first folio fragment of Shakespeare’s <em>Henry IV</em> is up for auction.

A super-rare first folio fragment of Shakespeare’s Henry IV is up for auction.

By Walker Caplan | October 22, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

Julia Elliott and DaMaris B. Hill on Writing Rural America

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 21, 2021

How Nostalgia Can Hide Dark Political Realities

By Andrew Potter | October 21, 2021

Shadow City, Invisible City: Walking Through an Ever-Changing Kabul

By Taran Khan | October 21, 2021

What the Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us About Innovation

What the Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us About Innovation

Armand D’Angour in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 21, 2021

Who will buy the £80,000 watch from James Joyce’s <em>Ulysses</em>?

Who will buy the £80,000 watch from James Joyce’s Ulysses?

By Walker Caplan | October 20, 2021

White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

Brad Kessler on Settler Narratives and the Violence That Haunts American Land and Literature

By Brad Kessler | October 20, 2021

How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s <em>Roots</em> Sparked a Cultural Awakening

How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s Roots Sparked a Cultural Awakening

Wil Haygood on the History of Black Life on Screen

By Wil Haygood | October 20, 2021

Myisha Cherry on Anger as a Tool for Defeating Racism

Myisha Cherry on Anger as a Tool for Defeating Racism

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 20, 2021

Who is the mystery man caught on Google Maps writing a poem on the beach?

Who is the mystery man caught on Google Maps writing a poem on the beach?

By Walker Caplan | October 19, 2021

Did you know that Medieval physicians tied astrology handbooks to their belts for medical help?

Did you know that Medieval physicians tied astrology handbooks to their belts for medical help?

By Jonny Diamond | October 19, 2021

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