Percival Everett’s novels seem to ward off the lazier hermeneutics of literary criticism, yet they also have a way of dangling the analytical ropes with which we critics hang ourselves. His latest... Read more »
Date and Time April 10, 202412:00–3:30 p.m. ET Overview In 2020, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) launched the Practice-Based Suicide Prevention Research Centers, modeled after the Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the... Read more »
Anxieties about the fate of reading in the digital age reveal how deeply our views of the moral and intellectual benefits of reading are tied to print. These views take root in... Read more »
From the author of Capitalism at the Crossroads, a call to consciousness—and action—for individuals, organizations, communities, and nations. Our current Milton Friedman–style “shareholder primacy capitalism,” as taught in business schools and embraced... Read more »
In a corner of Brand Park in Glendale, California, sits the Doctors House. It’s a charming Queen Anne cottage, complete with a tiny tower, stained glass, and delicate spindling on its white... Read more »
It was 1968, and the “battle to feed all of humanity” had already been lost. In the coming 1970s, soaring populations and finite global resources would lead hundreds of millions of people... Read more »
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, Ruth N. Halls Associate Professor of History at Indiana University–Bloomington, about her groundbreaking new book, The Vice President’s Black Wife: The... Read more »
Dear BookBrowsers, Welcome to our last issue of 2023, where we bring you the Top 20 Books of the Year as selected by our subscribers, along with our Award Winners across four... Read more »
Last night the National Book Critics Circle announced the winners of its 2023 awards – here are the list of winners below: 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards Winners NBCC Award for... Read more »