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Did the family of John Wilkes Booth miss the warning signs?In the novel 鈥淏ooth,鈥� Karen Joy Fowler illuminates the family and the milieu that produced John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.聽
Why this author says free speech is needed now more than everFree speech has evolved over time, says Jacob Mchangama, author of 鈥淔ree Speech: A History From Socrates to Social Media鈥� 鈥� but its value hasn鈥檛.聽
Beatrix Potter: Illustrator, storyteller, farmer, and ... scientist?If Beatrix Potter had realized her early dream of becoming a scientist, would there have been a 鈥淧eter Rabbit鈥�? A new book wonders.
What America鈥檚 treatment of the bald eagle says about the nation itself鈥淭he Bald Eagle,鈥� by Jack E. Davis, explores the cultural history of the raptor, who was revered as a national symbol, but reviled by early settlers.聽
Thwarted: The massive terrorist attack that never came to beFive years after 9/11, terrorists plotted a similar attack. In a gripping saga, Aki J. Peritz details the heroic intelligence work that stopped it.聽
Q&A with Andrew Pettegree, author of 鈥楾he Library: A Fragile History鈥�Andrew Pettegree, co-author of 鈥淭he Library: A Fragile History,鈥� discusses the centuries-long development of libraries as a civic necessity.聽
A Black historian journeys south to confront the past 鈥� and presentIn her highly personal travelogue 鈥淪outh to America,鈥� Alabama-born Imani Perry tackles attitudes and encounters below the Mason-Dixon Line.
A whole world of food is vanishing. Dan Saladino explains why that matters.鈥淓ating to Extinction鈥� warns of the limits of modern agriculture when it comes to building a healthy relationship with food 鈥� and the natural world.聽
Tales of courage and grit lead the 10 best books of FebruaryThe 10 best books of February highlight tales of courage and liberation, from Romania to Afghanistan to the American South.聽
Frederick Law Olmsted and H.H. Richardson: The design dream team of the 19th centuryThe friendship between Frederick Law Olmsted and Henry Hobson Richardson led to fruitful collaborations in 鈥淎rchitects of an American Landscape.鈥�
鈥榃e can learn from these kids鈥�: Street children in ZambiaIn a Q&A, 鈥淲alking the Bowl鈥� co-authors Chris Lockhart and Daniel聽Mulilo Chama talk about honoring the stories of street children in Zambia.
Five romance novels celebrate belonging, friendship, and foodNot just for Valentine鈥檚 Day, these books treat readers to stories about belonging, whether it鈥檚 to a couple, a set of friends, or a community.聽
Rising book bans: Grounds for moral panic?Books聽in schools and libraries increasingly have targets on their spines. The more partisan the battle has become, the more it聽manifests as a power struggle, rather than an effort to best serve children.
Greta Garbo gave up stardom. A biographer explores why.Robert Gottlieb鈥檚 鈥淕arbo鈥� digs into the story of Swedish movie star Greta Garbo, who famously declared that she wanted to be alone.聽聽
Q&A with Rebecca Solnit, author of 鈥極rwell鈥檚 Roses鈥�Rebecca Solnit says that George Orwell, who fought totalitarianism, sought a balm in nature. 鈥淗e understood ... you have to take care of yourself.鈥�
Was King George III slandered by historians? A biographer thinks so.Andrew Roberts argues in 鈥淭he Last King of America鈥� that George III, the monarch who lost the American Colonies, was hardly a tyrant.
鈥楾hank You, Mr. Nixon鈥� and other tales of the Chinese diasporaGish Jen tackles the cultural whiplash experienced by Chinese people living both inside and outside China in 鈥淭hank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories.鈥澛犅犅�
CommentaryWhy this Tennessee teacher sees value in 鈥楳aus鈥�"People don鈥檛 just walk out of a concentration camp and go back to living their lives,鈥� says Heather Green. "Maus" explains that lingering trauma.
Toni Morrison鈥檚 鈥楻ecitatif鈥� is a brilliant guessing gameToni Morrison鈥檚 only stand-alone short story, 鈥淩ecitatif,鈥� which is being reissued, leaves readers pondering their own preconceptions about race.聽
First LookTennessee school district bans Holocaust novel 'Maus'Conservative districts across the U.S. are increasingly limiting the types of books that children are exposed to, including those that address structural racism and LGBTQ issues.聽Art Spiegelman, who won the Pulitzer Prize for 鈥淢aus鈥� in 1992, is 鈥渂affled鈥� by the ban.
