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Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight,just in time for this primary...

shame and wonder by david searcy review - essays...

From dental floss to breakfast cereal to space travel – compelling musings from the latest in a...

my old man: tales of our fathers edited by ted...

Famous figures open up about their fathers in this poignant blog turned anthologyConducting...

the face of britain: the nation through its...

The historian brings the past to life in his insightful and gossipy accounts of the portraits that...

the internet is an ideal home for the essay

As literary culture reels from the web’s dominance,American women are main a rebirth of Montaignes...

the good immigrant edited by nikesh shukla review...

This collection of essays by non-white British writers is perceptive,touching and comical but misses...

the book of forgotten authors by christopher...

A lively,diligent (showing care in doing one's work) guide to more than 100 authors who are not...

pretentiousness: why it matters by dan fox review...

This shrewd book argues that pretentiousness is central to our progress and our...

adam gopnik: you re waltzing along and suddenly...

The New Yorker essayist on his latest memoir,At the Strangers’ Gate, and the problem of writing...

$short doses of fractious fun with a fierce...$

short doses of fractious fun with a fierce...

Helen Garner inspired me to start this column. Her latest dispatches may leave you too diverted for...

the mystery of being human: god, freedom and the...

Raymond Tallis’s sparky,secular new essay collection offers a biting defence of state-funded...

air force one: the ultimate power trip

The president’s aircraft is routinely seen as a symbol of US strength. But,as his unusual book...

the 100 best nonfiction books: no 16 - against...

The American novelist’s early essays provide the quintessential commentary on the 60sSusan Sontag...

leading authors to write about visiting israel and...

Led by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman,a group of major writers including Mario Vargas Llosa and...

the 100 best nonfiction books: no 51 - the souls...

The great social activist’s collection of essays on the African American experience became a...

the book of human emotions by tiffany watt smith...

This compendium of emotions from around the world makes you feel we need more words for our...

the view from the cheap seats review - wisest of...

Neil Gaiman’s enthusiasm rings out from this thoughtful collection of cultural essaysIn his...

the rub of time by martin amis review - a lit crit...

Insight vies with self-regard in this anthology of essays on everything from poker to pornAhead of...

i call myself a feminist review - call to action

A collection of essays by women under 30 looks at feminism from every angleThis collection of short...

recession no kill celebration

An inescapable fraction of Nigerian social life is our lavish celebrations of indispensable...

john hodgman on the virtues of mustaches

Comedian and author John Hodgman joins us to talk about his unique book Vacationland: steady Stories...

black african immigrants, race and police...

Perhaps the most famous example of “African passing” is the notorious anecdote of former UN...

depression is a trip

You stay alive you silly asshole Because you haven’t been excused… –Tony Hoagland,from...

shutdown-on the death of compromise in south...

“War will bring the revolution; revolution will discontinue the war”–-Jhumpa Lahiri For some...

shutdown — on the death of compromise in south...

“War will bring the revolution; revolution will quit the war”–-Jhumpa Lahiri For some time now...

story of a south african farm school

The Elsenburg Agricultural College lies 50 km east of Cape Town,tucked among the quiet valleys of...

ways to talk about latin american and latino art

This year, the Getty initiative known as Pacific Standard Time has focused on the very broad...

the policing of the roots of blackness

The thickness and texture of my black hair was under fixed scrutiny when I was a child. My aunt used...

africa in the new century

Originally presented in a lecture series and later compiled in The Philosophy of History...

trouble on the island of happiness and human...

When starchitect Jean Nouvel said he “saw no problem” with the way migrant laborers were treated...

mindyourownbusiness

I shook Paul Kagame’s hand yesterday. A colleague and I were discussing the inequity between...

that was fast! trevor noah is publishing a book of...

Just like his Daily prove papa,Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah is wasting no time inking that book deal:...

how the cdc uses fear marketing to increase demand...

The CDC’s questionable estimates of annual flu hospitalizations and deaths align with its horror...

reexamining a pair of colonial portraits reveals...

The Peabody Essex Museum has owned the paintings of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Fitch since 1878, but only...

rolling through barbara kruger s slick and...

Kruger's installation at LES Coleman Skatepark can seem mesmerizing, but from the perspective...

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