The Many Lives of Harriet Tubman The Many Lives of Harriet Tubman
Tiya Miles’s Night Flyer is a landmark biography of one of 19th-century America’s most important figures.
Jul 2, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kellie Carter Jackson
Can the Constitution Save Us? Can the Constitution Save Us?
The Constitution is often invoked as a safeguard for American democracy, but does it more often get in democracy’s way?
Jul 2, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jedediah Britton-Purdy
The Myths of Anne Carson The Myths of Anne Carson
Throughout her long and prolific career, Carson has specialized in unexpected juxtapositions between modern life and ancient times, contemporary art and the literature of the...
Jun 4, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson
The Enigma of Frantz Fanon The Enigma of Frantz Fanon
A revolutionary and an intellectual, a nationalist and a cosmopolitan, a doctor and a revolutionary, Fanon was always multiple.
Jun 3, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Ken Chen
Marty Peretz and the Travails of American Liberalism Marty Peretz and the Travails of American Liberalism
From his New Left days to his neoliberalism and embrace of interventionism, The Controversialist is a portrait of his own political trajectory and that of American liberalism too....
May 14, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer
The Radical World-making of Joanna Russ The Radical World-making of Joanna Russ
In her science fiction, the novelist offered not only an astringent critiques of the present but also bold visions of the future.
May 13, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie Burt
Vinson Cunningham’s Searching Novel of Faith and Politics Vinson Cunningham’s Searching Novel of Faith and Politics
In Great Expectations, Cunningham examines the hope and aspirations of the Obama generation.
May 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Tope Folarin
Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom
A new career-spanning book offers a portrait of Painter’s career as a historian, essayist, and most recently visual artist.
May 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
Leslie Jamison and the Travails of Millennial Divorce Leslie Jamison and the Travails of Millennial Divorce
In her new book, the novelist and essayist examines life before and after marriage.
May 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme
A Left Between Victory and Defeat A Left Between Victory and Defeat
How can the left escape burning out?
May 6, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Sam Adler-Bell