Liberalism may be the source of your soul June 14, 2024 The most obvious and important realities can sometimes be the hardest to think and talk about. Read More
How to Be Queer June 14, 2024 How to Be Queer is an infatuating collection of these writings about desire, love, and lust between men, between women, and between humans and gods, in lucid and lively new translations. Read More
Read with Pride June 03, 2024 Celebrate Pride throughout the year with this diverse collection of books exploring LGBTQ+ issues and perspectives. Read More
Puerto Rico May 24, 2024 Jorell Meléndez-Badillo provides a new history of Puerto Rico that gives voice to the archipelago’s people while offering a lens through which to understand the political, economic, and social challenges confronting them today. Read More
The unexpected dividends of a congressional internship May 23, 2024 When I first set foot on Capitol Hill 18 years ago to begin my summer internship, I was immediately struck by the awe-inspiring presence of the Capitol. Read More
Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America May 23, 2024 A compelling history that mixes seriousness and humor, Slouch is a unique and provocative account of the unexpected origins of our largely unquestioned ideas about bad posture. Read More
The post-pandemic economy May 22, 2024 The pandemic’s later economic waves may be its biggest and most important. Read More
Christina Grozinger and Harland Patch on The Lives of Bees May 21, 2024 The Lives of Bees takes readers inside the world of these marvelous insects, exploring their physiology, behavior, ecology, evolution, and much more. Read More
A sermon from a mountebank? Religious messaging in the age of AI May 21, 2024 The news that the religious group Catholic Answers was obliged to “defrock” an AI priest called Father Justin after it gave answers falsely claiming to be a real priest has caused widespread alarm among the faithful and glee among the skeptical. Read More
David N. Livingstone on The Empire of Climate May 20, 2024 Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Read More
Natural Magic May 20, 2024 Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was known as natural philosophy, a pastime for poets, priests, and schoolgirls. Read More
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on Father Time May 15, 2024 As mother-centered as the study of baby care has always been, it is increasingly clear that men harbor extraordinarily caring proclivities. Read More
Michael A. Cook on A History of the Muslim World May 15, 2024 Over the years Michael Cook has accumulated a large fund of material in the course of teaching students about the history of the Muslim world. So what was he to do with it? Read More
The eloquence of color charts May 13, 2024 Researching color sampling meant reconstructing entire worlds from scraps of fabric or daubs of paint. Read More
The power of creating archival silences May 13, 2024 We know, scientifically speaking, far less about the effects of poor posture on health then we think we do. Read More