Turn and Face the Strange: Darcey Steinke on Our New Life with Masks

Turn and Face the Strange: Darcey Steinke on Our New Life with Masks

"When I look at masked people my brain still feels like its malfunctioning."

By Darcey Steinke | September 29, 2020

Tremble, puny book awards, before the awesome power of Obama's memoir.

Tremble, puny book awards, before the awesome power of Obama's memoir.

By Dan Sheehan | September 29, 2020

Exclusive cover reveal: Kaveh Akbar's new poetry collection, <em>Pilgrim Bell</em>.

Exclusive cover reveal: Kaveh Akbar's new poetry collection, Pilgrim Bell.

By Aaron Robertson | September 29, 2020

Why Are We Fascinated by Strange Faces?

Why Are We Fascinated by Strange Faces?

Namwali Serpell Considers the "Smiling Disease" Exhibit, the Elephant Man, Michael Jackson, and Cleopatra

By Namwali Serpell | September 29, 2020

Voting is Still One of Our Most Powerful Tools For Change

Voting is Still One of Our Most Powerful Tools For Change

John Freeman on How Every Election is a Chance to Rebuild

By John Freeman | September 29, 2020

Meet the PhD Student Inventing a New Scientific Language in Welsh

Meet the PhD Student Inventing a New Scientific Language in Welsh

On Bedwyr Ab Ion Thomas's Mission to Reach One
Million Welsh Speakers

By Ally Findley | September 29, 2020

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

The 10 Best Book Covers
of September

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2020

Funeral in Effigy for the Statue of a Klansman Confederate General

By Connor Towne O'Neill | September 29, 2020

On Wild Salmon, Hockey Dreams and Life in the Saanich Homeland

By Sara Sinclair | September 29, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, September Edition

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, September Edition

The lives of Stephen Hawking, Toussaint Louverture, Adolf Hitler, and more

By Book Marks | September 29, 2020

What Does Nationalism Mean for the Environment?

What Does Nationalism Mean for the Environment?

John Freeman in Conversation with Andrew Keen on
the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | September 29, 2020

The Black Women Who Led the Fight for Decolonization in the French Empire

The Black Women Who Led the Fight for Decolonization in the French Empire

Annette Joseph-Gabriel Guests on Time to Eat the Dogs

By Time to Eat the Dogs | September 29, 2020

Ananya Roy on the Shared Struggles of Scholars and Activists

Ananya Roy on the Shared Struggles of Scholars and Activists

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | September 29, 2020

On the Liberation Struggles of the <br>Soviet Refuseniks

On the Liberation Struggles of the
Soviet Refuseniks

Natan Sharansky Recalls the Global Effort to Get Russian Jews to Israel

By Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy | September 29, 2020

The Racist History and Political Ends of Taking Children

The Racist History and Political Ends of Taking Children

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

By New Books Network | September 29, 2020

Here are the most challenged books from the last decade.

Here are the most challenged books from the last decade.

By Corinne Segal | September 28, 2020

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