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Philip Roth biography emphasizes his unruly life over his celebrated novels鈥淧hilip Roth: The Biography鈥澛燼ims to 鈥渞ehabilitate鈥� its subject鈥檚 reputation, but succeeds only in making his excesses more apparent.聽
Extinction isn鈥檛 inevitable. 鈥楤eloved Beasts鈥� explains why.Past efforts to prevent extinction took a species-by-species approach. But now a more comprehensive plan is needed that looks at interconnections.聽聽
How is a sonnet like the suburbs? Both are places of possibility.Craig Morgan Teicher, author of聽鈥淲elcome to Sonnetville, New Jersey,鈥� challenges himself to narrow the frame so even small events become high stakes.
Raptor rapture: A Q&A with Jonathan MeiburgA raptor in the Falkland Islands, the striated caracara, was a mystery to Charles Darwin. Jonathan Meiburg talks about solving the puzzle.聽
鈥楩irst Person Singular鈥� delves into lost love and strange happeningsJapanese writer Haruki Murakami offers a collection of imaginative short stories with skewed elements that his many fans are sure to applaud.
Harpies, sirens, and other 鈥榥asty鈥� women: Going beneath misogyny.Mythology is rife with female monsters. Essayist Jess Zimmerman sees their stories not as cautionary tales, but as inspiration for powerful women.
Marriages of long standing are tested in quiet, contained 鈥楪ood Company鈥�Long-time couples and old friendships come under scrutiny in Cynthia D鈥橝prix Sweeney鈥檚 highly anticipated second novel.
Beyond Jackie Robinson: The unsung heroes of the Negro LeaguesJackie Robinson may have been the first Black player in the majors, but others soon followed 鈥� an exodus that spelled the end of the Negro Leagues.聽
鈥楲ibertie鈥� imagines the whole of a Black girl鈥檚 self-determination鈥淟ibertie,鈥� a novel about a Black girl growing up in 19th-century New York, rings with historical truth.聽聽
Shakespeare鈥檚 plays meet plagiarism-detection softwareThe Shakespeare canon undergoes scrutiny, turning up links to Thomas North. But 鈥榩lagiarism鈥� was more the rule than the exception for Elizabethans.聽
Crafts and social movements went hand-in-hand in American historyAuthor聽Glenn Adamson聽points out that the artisan鈥檚 workshop has long served as a shared space where people gathered with a common goal.
Q&A with with Hanif Abdurraqib, author of 鈥楢 Little Devil in America鈥�Black Americans have shaped the pop culture landscape, which poet and critic Hanif Abdurraqib says can be traced back to Black innovation.聽
Machines that learn: The origin story of artificial intelligenceAI may have had a slow start, but companies like Google and Facebook are pursuing it like a modern-day gold rush.
鈥楩ierce Poise鈥� illuminates the career of an overlooked abstract expressionistElectrified by Jackson Pollock鈥檚 work, painter Helen Frankenthaler blazed her own path and went toe-to-toe with the male artists of the New York School.聽
鈥楻ed Island House鈥� probes uncomfortable collisions of class, raceColonialism fuels the conflict within a Black American woman, whose wealthy Italian husband sets up a resort on an impoverished African island.
鈥業n the Gospels, no one is essential but Jesus鈥�: new translation adds fresh scholarshipSome of Sarah Ruden鈥檚 choices聽offer a refreshing break from the familiar versions of the past. Others don鈥檛 quite work.
Cosmic grandeur pervades Alan Lightman鈥檚 鈥楶robable Impossibilities鈥�Galactic wonder radiates through these essays by the renowned theoretical physicist, whose writing proves companionable and illuminating.
A win for labor laid the groundwork for workers鈥� rightsA strike at General Motors, led by the rising UAW, brought concessions that improved the lives of workers across the United States.
The road to reclaiming Jewish property rarely runs smoothlyProperty records and personal history become entwined as a descendant of a Holocaust survivor searches Poland for clues about his grandfather鈥檚 life.
An early Black mutual aid society surfaces in New OrleansA set of ledgers, nearly thrown out, leads Fatima聽Shaik to discover a fellowship of free Black men that predates the Civil War in 鈥淓conomy Hall.鈥�
