The Pleasure and Peril of Gardening While Black The Pleasure and Peril of Gardening While Black
Poet Camille T. Dungy's Soil is a personal and wide-ranging history of the garden and the environment in African American life.
Oct 26, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme
Yes, Prager U Wants to Indoctrinate Your Kids. But That’s Not Really the Point. Yes, Prager U Wants to Indoctrinate Your Kids. But That’s Not Really the Point.
The aim isn’t just to change what gets taught but to transform how we understand ourselves, the public realm, and the common good.
Oct 25, 2023 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire
Cuomo’s Top Defender Inadvertently Validates Victims of Sexual Harassment Cuomo’s Top Defender Inadvertently Validates Victims of Sexual Harassment
Melissa DeRosa’s new memoir attacks the women her former employer preyed on. Why can’t she see what she has in common with them?
Oct 25, 2023 / Alexis Grenell
In Brazil, a Best-Selling Novel Confronts the Brutal Afterlife of Slavery In Brazil, a Best-Selling Novel Confronts the Brutal Afterlife of Slavery
Crooked Plow made Itamar Vieira Junior an essential voice in Brazilian letters.
Oct 25, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jimin Kang
The Ironist and the Exhibitionist: On Osamu Dazai The Ironist and the Exhibitionist: On Osamu Dazai
The Japanese novelist’s dark-hearted comedies are at once unhinged and brilliant.
Oct 24, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Paul Franz
Tree of Knowledge Tree of Knowledge
Unlocking the power of books.
Oct 18, 2023 / OppArt / Shawn Etheridge
The Many Lives of Samuel Ringgold Ward The Many Lives of Samuel Ringgold Ward
We need more Black biographies. Scholars spend a significant amount of time writing about historical moments and movements, but in the United States, the study of individuals is of…
Oct 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Kellie Carter Jackson
The Latin School Teacher Who Made Classics Popular The Latin School Teacher Who Made Classics Popular
A new biography of Edith Hamilton tells the story of how and why ancient literature became widely read in the United States.
Oct 17, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson