In Memoriam: Arnold Hirsch (1949-2018), Iconic Scholar of Race and Cities
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His 'Making the Second Ghetto' was a Powerful Racial History of Chicago
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Q&A: John Canaday on Writing Poetry About the Manhattan Project
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Exploring the Lives of the People Who Thrust Humanity Into the Atomic Age
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And a Historian Explores Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and Legacy
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Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein Contemplates an Authoritarian Future
Read MoreREVIEW: John Banville's Fine Memoir of a Literary Life in Dublin
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Contemplating Fried Bread, the Abbey Theatre, and Whether the Child is Father to the Man
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And a Look at Four Iconic American Women Who Changed the World
Read MoreREVIEW: A Rapturous New Oral History of 'Angels in America'
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This Oral History is, Like the Play it Chronicles, a Masterpiece of its Art Form
Read MoreREVIEW: A Tough, Cynical, Stylish Noir Novel that Skillfully Rewrites the Rules
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With a Mysterious Woman at the Center, Who Has a Lifetime of Secrets
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And a Look at the Hugely Important Battle Between Erasmus and Martin Luther
Read MoreESSAY: A Book-Lover's Guide to the 2018 Academy Awards
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From Best Picture on Down, there is Literature Behind the Nominees
Read MoreREAD THIS: A Timely History of the Factory -- and How it Changed the World
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Exploring How Factories Have Contributed to Our Dreams and Our Nightmares
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And Stories of Injustice from the American South
Read MoreNEWS: Michelle Obama's Memoir, Entitled 'Becoming,' Will Be Out in November
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The publisher promises a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling
Read MoreESSAY: Appreciating the Wisdom of Ursula K. Le Guin, Now that She’s Gone
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She Found Something Hopeful in Even the Most Challenging of Circumstances
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And a Biography of John Marshall, the Greatest Chief Justice of the United States
Read MoreQ&A: Meghan Kenny on 'The Driest Season,' a Searing Novel About a Father's Suicide
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And on Independent Women, the American Midwest, and Her Advice to New Writers
Read MoreQ&A: A Young Man's Journey to Becoming a Skinhead -- and Back Again
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A Memoir by the Founder of the Non-Profit Group "Life After Hate"
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And a Book of First-Hand Accounts of Black Men and Women Who Knew Abraham Lincoln
Read MoreQ&A: Rick Steves on How (and Why) to Make Traveling a Political Act
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Moving Purposefully through a World of Trump, Erdogan, and Brexit
Read MoreQ&A: A Civil Rights Lawyer Who Helped Defeat Jim Crow Looks Back
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Representing Black Doctors in the Segregated South, Lenny Bruce, and Muhammad Ali
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