The Black Utopians
What does utopia look like for Black Americans? It’s the question at the heart of essayist, editor, and translator Aaron Robertson’s The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised…
The Mighty Red
Pulitzer Prize winner Louise Erdrich’s latest novel, The Mighty Red, a captivating multigenerational tale set amid the 2008 financial crisis, begins with a frenzied proposal. Gary Geist, a wealthy and…
Be Ready When the Luck Happens
In her debut memoir, best-selling cookbook author and food TV icon Ina Garten admits she has a “low threshold for boredom.” This, she writes, has made her more than willing…
The Wide Wide Sea
With his new book, The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, best-selling author and historian Hampton Sides reckons with the…
Health and Safety
New Yorker staffer Emily Witt’s debut memoir Health and Safety offers a sardonic look at her journey to try as many psychedelic drugs as possible. In 2013, after spending a…