Laramie Revisited: The Myth of Matthew Laramie Revisited: The Myth of Matthew
A new book by Stephen Jimenez tells a very different story about the killing of Matthew Shepard by Aaron McKinney.
Oct 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
Great Perturbations: On George Packer Great Perturbations: On George Packer
The Unwinding is a fine-grained account of economic collapse that runs aground on causeless abstractions.
Sep 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Risky Business: On Risk and Individualism Risky Business: On Risk and Individualism
A history of how risk management profits from manufacturing new forms of uncertainty and insecurity.
Apr 24, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Mihm
The Sons of Revolution and Steerage: On ‘City of Ambition’ The Sons of Revolution and Steerage: On ‘City of Ambition’
FDR, Fiorello La Guardia and rebuilding New York City during the New Deal.
Apr 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
Kircher’s Cosmos: On Athanasius Kircher Kircher’s Cosmos: On Athanasius Kircher
How did a man who got so many things wrong become an intellectual celebrity in his own lifetime?
Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen
Hunter-Blatherer: On Jared Diamond Hunter-Blatherer: On Jared Diamond
An unreliable anthropologist of traditional societies is a no less dubious diagnostician of the contemporary world.
Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Wertheim
Made in the USA? Letter From London Made in the USA? Letter From London
Books about London in its Olympic year and after see Americanization eroding the city’s gift for democratic gradualism.
Mar 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Leo Robson
Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique
For Betty Friedan, feminism was humanism: a question of growth, maturation and identity.
Mar 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
The Quarrels of Others: On Anti-Semitism The Quarrels of Others: On Anti-Semitism
With Anti-Judaism, David Nirenberg has recast the debate about the origins and nature of anti-Semitism in Western thought.
Mar 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / R.I. Moore
No Exit? Greece’s Ongoing Crisis No Exit? Greece’s Ongoing Crisis
How do Greece’s economists and writers explain its social predicament?
Mar 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower