Have you ever pondered what life was like in 19th century America? The boulevards were full of horse carriages, towns were little, and life moved gradually. Chronicled fiction books set…
Sentiment has been a foundation of writing for centuries, capturing hearts with stories of cherish, misfortune, and yearning. From the slow-burning pressure of period shows to clearing adore stories that…
Teens love an excellent mystery—the fun of fixing a puzzle, the suspense of surprising twists, and the satisfaction of the truth. Whether your youngster is an avid reader or simply…
At the beginning of March, I experienced a new joy: I published my first book, a collection of essays investigating how Americans make meaning of their lives and what they…
Even those of us who have devoted tens of thousands of hours to watching films have blind spots — important pathways of cinema history that we’ve never ventured down, or,…
Richard Reeves, a journalist and author who explored the presidency, the internment of Japanese-Americans during World II, the role of the media and other aspects of American history in muscular,…
Michael Broadbent, a leading English wine authority who codified the practice of tasting and describing wine while, as head of Christie’s wine department for many years, virtually created the modern…
1VINCENT IN THE OCEANDecember 2018 1 Begin at the end: plummeting down the side of the ship in the storm’s wild darkness, breath gone with the shock of falling, my camera flying…
The tidying guru Marie Kondo built her global lifestyle brand by developing a system for how to impose order over relentless chaos. “My dream is to organize the world,” Ms.…
James V. Hatch, a historian of black theater who, with his wife, the artist and filmmaker Camille Billops, created a vast archive of interviews with black actors, singers, writers and…
Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play Music | How to Listen For the 15 years it’s been around, the Book Review’s podcast has never missed an episode. But during the coronavirus crisis,…
The mood was muted late Saturday afternoon at Ulterior Gallery, a narrow storefront space on the Lower East Side. It was meant to be the opening of Mamie Tinkler’s first…
