Recalling a Time When Books Could Give You Indigestion
In “What We Talk About When We Talk About Books,” the book historian Leah Price tries to contextualize our... Read More →
Pirates, Slavers and Poachers: Violence on the High Seas
“The Outlaw Ocean,” the journalist Ian Urbina’s chronicle of offshore crime, ranges from Somalia to the Philippines to the... Read More →
Paule Marshall, Influential Black Novelist, Dies at 90
A child of Barbadian immigrants, Ms. Marshall drew on her upbringing to animate the lives of her characters, many... Read More →
Jia Tolentino on Life With the Internet
Tolentino talks about “Trick Mirror,” and John Taliaferro discusses “Grinnell,” his biography of a pioneering conservationist. Via:: Jia Tolentino... Read More →
The Man Who Wrote the Guidebook for Civilian Bomb-Squad Technicians
At War talked to Tom Gersbeck, a retired Marine Corps bomb-disposal officer, who recently published the second edition of... Read More →
Catch a Buzz With Two New Books About Bugs
In “The Mosquito,” Timothy Winegard examines the history of man’s “deadliest predator.” In “Buzz, Sting, Bite,” Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson looks... Read More →