Dreaming of Michael Lewis The New New Thing could have aged poorly, but it endures as an example of the author at his understated best January 5, 2015 By Mimi Swartz
The Tea Party is timeless September 2, 2014 By Nicholas Lemann Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism In American Life reviewed
Uncommon ground January 2, 2014 By LynNell Hancock J. Anthony Lukas realized something larger than the truth
America’s secret fetish November 1, 2013 By Jack Shafer Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s Secrecy: The American Experience is an optimistic book; reading it today brings despair
Clarion call July 1, 2013 By Chris Faraone The future of the alternative press can be found in its past
Home truths May 1, 2013 By James Marcus For the essayist Albert Murray, the South was a state of mind
Gorky peek March 1, 2013 By Ann Cooper The Second Russian Revolution gave viewers an unprecedented glimpse inside a rapidly liberalizing Soviet Union
A beautiful mind January 2, 2013 By Jennifer Gonnerman In Is There No Place on Earth for Me?, Susan Sheehan told the complete story of one woman’s struggles with schizophrenia
Human capital November 1, 2012 By Stefan Beck In O Albany!, William Kennedy pays homage to the hard-to-love city that is his novels’ greatest hero
Rocky Mountain fever September 17, 2012 By Justin Peters Gene Fowler’s Timber Line celebrates the chicanery and showmanship of the original Denver Post
Look back on anger July 30, 2012 By Bill Marx At his best, Ambrose Bierce used vicious satire to puncture the smug complacency of America’s Gilded Age
Laboratory confidential May 10, 2012 By Jonathan Weiner The Double Helix’s warts-and-all portrayal of scientific pursuits shook up the formal world of science writing
The Auteurs’ Caretaker March 22, 2012 By Bethlehem Shoals Penelope Gilliatt didn’t care about movies as much as she cared about the people who made them
How the Past Saw the Present November 11, 2011 By Megan Garber The future of journalism has always been on journalism’s mind
