Literature
Frost Bite
A recently discovered poem by Robert Frost has brought fame—and controversy—to an English student
March 01, 2007 |
By W. Andrew Ewell
Incurably Romantic
For much of the 20th century, Britain's Pre-Raphaelite were dismissed as overly sentimental. A new exhibition shows why they're back in favor
February 01, 2007 |
By Doug Stewart
Famous Once Again
Longfellow reaches his bicentennial; here's why his poems became perennial
February 2007 |
By Nicholas A. Basbanes
Arresting Faces
A new book argues the case for the mugshot as art
January 2007 |
By Katy June-Friesen
Doctor Feelgood
Stricken by "vile melancholy," the 18th-century critic and raconteur Samuel Johnson pioneered a modern therapy
January 2007 |
By John Geirland
Interview: Margaret Lowman
Bugs in trees and kids in labs get their due in a new book by "Canopy Meg"
December 2006 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
Extraordinary Resilience
Psychiatrist Stuart Hauser answers questions about his new book, Out of the Woods, which chronicles four emotionally disturbed teenagers
December 01, 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
An Interview with Josh Hammer, Author of "Return to the Marsh"
Ben Block spoke with Josh about Iraq and reporting in dangerous regions of the world.
October 01, 2006 |
By Ben Block
Folio, Where Art Thou?
One man's quest to track down every copy on the planet.
September 2006 |
By Paul Collins
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Her new book says our views of Africa are outdated.
September 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
Excerpt from Elizabeth Winthrop's "Counting on Grace"
This novel about a 12-year-old mill worker was inspired by a Lewis Hine photograph.
September 2006 |
By Elizabeth Winthrop
Saving New Orleans
In a new book, "Patriot Fire," the author of "Forrest Gump" paints an uncommonly vivid picture of an overlooked chapter in American history -- and its unlikely hero.
August 2006 |
By Winston Groom
Finding a Home in the Cosmos
In a new book written with his wife, Nancy Abrams, cosmologist Joel Primack argues that the universe, far from being a meaningless void, was meant for us. Sort of.
July 2006 |
By Jerry Adler
Odyssey's End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca
A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer's wanderer returned
April 2006 |
By Fergus M. Bordewich
Evildoer
The Beowolf monster is a thousand years old, but his bad old tricks continue to resonate in the modern world
April 2006 |
By Matthew Gurewitsch
The Worst Hard Time
The untold story of those who survived the great American Dust Bowl
March 2006 |
By Kathleen Burke
Every Book Its Reader
The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World, by Nicholas A. Basbanes
February 2006 |
By Reviewed by Kathleen Burke
Matisse and His Models
The author of a new biography of the artist argues that the women he painted were full partners in the creative enterprise
October 2005 |
By Hilary Spurling
World's Unlikeliest Bestseller
Fifty years ago a brewer's bet spawned a compelling compendium of feats, stunts and trivia
August 2005 |
By Bruce Watson
Building the Bomb
A new book about atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer charts the secret debate over deployment of the first A-bomb and the anxiety that suffused its first live test
August 2005 |
By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
