Our Family Stories Are the Bridge Between Nature <br>and Nurture

Our Family Stories Are the Bridge Between Nature
and Nurture

Lauren Fox on Writing Her Mother’s History, and Passing It
on to Her Daughters

By Lauren Fox | June 21, 2021

John Cheever and Djuna Barnes, Patron Literary Saints of Suburbia and Bohemia, Died This Day in 1982.

John Cheever and Djuna Barnes, Patron Literary Saints of Suburbia and Bohemia, Died This Day in 1982.

Lives Lived on the Opposite Sides of the American Dream

By Jonny Diamond | June 18, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | June 18, 2021

How the Legacy of Slavery Warps the World for Black Women

How the Legacy of Slavery Warps the World for Black Women

From Rebecca Hall’s Graphic Memoir Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

By Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez | June 18, 2021

On the Weaponization of Language in a Traumatized Nation

On the Weaponization of Language in a Traumatized Nation

Andrea Scrima Finds Connections Between American Mythmaking and Political Deceptions

By Andrea Scrima | June 18, 2021

When an Avowed Helicopter Parent Writes a Novel About Imperiled Children

When an Avowed Helicopter Parent Writes a Novel About Imperiled Children

Jonathan Evison Walks a Mile in His Characters’ Shoes

By Jonathan Evison | June 18, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water
  • Whistler
  • The Dog's Gaze: A Visual History
  • 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
  • Drayton and MacKenzie
  • The Long Revolution: Creating a United States After 1776

Andy Weir on the Problem of Interstellar Travel

By New Books Network | June 18, 2021

On the Self-Sustaining Ecosystem and Beauty of Scotland’s Man-Made Bings

By Cal Flyn | June 18, 2021

On Juneteenth and the Struggle to Commemorate and Make Sense of Protest and Rebellion

By Jelani Cobb | June 18, 2021

My Years of Living Dangerously: On Late-Stage Catholicism, Lying, and Communion

My Years of Living Dangerously: On Late-Stage Catholicism, Lying, and Communion

Danielle Henderson Looks Back at Her Religious Upbringing

By Danielle Henderson | June 18, 2021

How the Culture of Medicine Kills Both Patients and Doctors

How the Culture of Medicine Kills Both Patients and Doctors

Robert Pearl in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 18, 2021

Marie-Helene Bertino on Using Humor to Connect with Readers

Marie-Helene Bertino on Using Humor to Connect with Readers

"Humor can make a reader relax."

By Marie-Helene Bertino | June 18, 2021

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life is Also a Search for Extraterrestrial Death

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life is Also a Search for Extraterrestrial Death

Avi Loeb Guests on the Radio Open Source Podcast with Christopher Lydon

By Open Source | June 18, 2021

On the Self-Education of Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, and the Insatiable Quest for Literacy

On the Self-Education of Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, and the Insatiable Quest for Literacy

Brandon P. Fleming Recalls the Life-Changing Lessons of Undergrad

By Brandon P. Fleming | June 18, 2021

How the Dopamine Rush of a Sale Price Keeps Us Consuming

How the Dopamine Rush of a Sale Price Keeps Us Consuming

Christine Platt on the Bad Spending Habits We Just Can’t Shake

By Christine Platt | June 18, 2021

This prestigious German TV writing competition is . . . very German.

This prestigious German TV writing competition is . . . very German.

By Walker Caplan | June 17, 2021

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