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Review: That time a politician was caned and almost killed on the Senate floor
Nonfiction: “Charles Sumner” is an engrossing new biography that shows Congressional incivility is nothing new.
June 3, 2025
Review: A spirited biography of ‘odd,’ ‘visionary’ Paul Gauguin
Nonfiction: Radiant look at the “Wild Thing” illuminates the artistic bridge between the 19th century and modernism.
May 10, 2025
Review: A ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ journalist sheds new light on Malcolm X
Nonfiction: Mark Whitaker’s cultural history explores the legacy of a singular American life.
May 5, 2025
Review: A bold new way of looking at ‘America, América’
Nonfiction: A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian brilliantly reimagines the enduring conflict between the two Americas.
April 26, 2025
Review: He’s a commoner but he could be a British king in ‘The Pretender’
Fiction: Jo Harkin’s novel about a fight for the throne is a stylish, profane delight.
April 14, 2025
Review: An unnerving man changes the life of ‘Audition’ heroine
Fiction: Katie Kitamura’s new novel is a glittering work of illusion and desire.
April 7, 2025
Review: ‘The Californians’ include a painter, a film director and an art thief
Fiction: Brian Castleberry’s epic is an exuberant romp through the art of the American Century.
March 8, 2025
Review: Critic probes connection between books and depression in ‘Bibliophobia’
Nonfiction: In a vibrant yet uneven memoir, critic Sarah Chihaya offers insights throughout and an urgent message about suicide.
February 24, 2025
Looking for answers in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis
Nonfiction: New book sifts through the wreckage there.
February 17, 2025
The story behind the singalong holiday classic that shall reign forever and ever
Nonfiction: “Every Valley” traces the history of the creation of Handel’s “Messiah.”
December 12, 2024
Manchester United soccer players were among the crash victims whose tale is told in novel ‘Munichs’
Fiction: The 1958 disaster killed 23 people.
November 9, 2024
What does your car say about you? ‘The Driving Machine’ knows.
Nonfiction: An eminent architecture writer brings his singular eye to a dazzling history of car design.
October 4, 2024
