5 Books Making News This Week: Craft, Crime, and Trauma

5 Books Making News This Week: Craft, Crime, and Trauma

John McPhee, Attica Locke, Elizabeth Rosner, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | September 19, 2017

When Chicago Was the Real Literary Capital of the United States

When Chicago Was the Real Literary Capital of the United States

According to H. L. Mencken, Anyway

By Liesl Olson | September 18, 2017

From High School to Vietnam, Waiting for the Fight to Begin

From High School to Vietnam, Waiting for the Fight to Begin

Echo Company Waits for War, on the Eve of the Tet Offensive

By Doug Stanton | September 18, 2017

American Xenophobia: Each Generation Must Write the Wrongs of History

American Xenophobia: Each Generation Must Write the Wrongs of History

Veronica Esposito on the Legacy and Lessons of Japanese Internment

By Veronica Esposito | September 18, 2017

Announcing the BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist

Announcing the BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist

£15,000 Will Go to the Winner

By Emily Temple | September 15, 2017

Why Send Whale Song Into Space?

Why Send Whale Song Into Space?

On Carl Sagan, Humpback Whales, and Alien Intelligences

By Margret Grebowicz | September 15, 2017

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  • American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
  • The Foursome
  • Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
  • Coyoteland
  • Nerve Damage
  • Lady C: The Long, Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley's Lover

A Journey to the Heart of Old Japan

By Kenny Fries | September 15, 2017

The German-Jewish Refugees Who Created Curious George

By Nicholas Delbanco | September 15, 2017

To Heal or To Hurt? On Being a Military Medic in Iraq

By Jon Kerstetter | September 15, 2017

To Abolish the Chinese Language: On a Century of Reformist Rhetoric

To Abolish the Chinese Language: On a Century of Reformist Rhetoric

Thomas S. Mullaney on Theories of Chinese Modernization

By Thomas S. Mullaney | September 15, 2017

Hiroshima, the Holocaust, and the Meaning of

Hiroshima, the Holocaust, and the Meaning of "Survivor"

“There is No Payment That Could Begin to Make Up for Any of It”

By Elizabeth Rosner | September 15, 2017

Keeping House to Stave Off Grief

Keeping House to Stave Off Grief

On Marilynne Robinson and Finding Comfort in Domestic Rituals

By Kristen Martin | September 14, 2017

From Triumph to Terror: How America Grappled with the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

From Triumph to Terror: How America Grappled with the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

Part III of the Life and Times of James B. Conant, Warrior Scientist

By Jennet Conant | September 14, 2017

On the Importance of Sending American Booksellers Abroad

On the Importance of Sending American Booksellers Abroad

Bookselling Without Borders Launches Kickstarter Campaign

By Matt Grant | September 14, 2017

The Little Known, Much Loved Cookbook That Was Ahead of Its Time

The Little Known, Much Loved Cookbook That Was Ahead of Its Time

On Patience Gray's Honey from a Weed

By Adam Federman | September 14, 2017

Fake News and the Rise of Fascism in the 1920s

Fake News and the Rise of Fascism in the 1920s

On the Continued Relevance of Mihail Sebastian’s
For Two Thousand Years

By Philip Ó Ceallaigh | September 14, 2017

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