Books

Substack gives authors an opportunity to take back control of their own careers and destinies

She was a woman to whom words mattered, whether writing about the Sixties gone wrong or California identity

The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of Obama by Claude A. Clegg III reviewed

Ten years after his death, he remains an inspiration to those who applaud wit and freedom

If you’ve never read it or only read it in graduate school, give it a try by the ole yule log

A book about books for book lovers

Our best reads and most pertinacious page-turners of 2021

A new book attempts the impossible but offers little beyond platitudes

The great liberal critic would have detested the left’s attempts to cleanse art and history

The ‘manuscript wish list’ prizes enforces identity politics in fiction publishing

America’s most haunted place makes for great storytelling

The Greeks by Roderick Beaton and The Greek Revolution by Mark Mazower reviewed

There’s money to be made in spite of his anti-Semitism and contempt for big business

Latitude: The True Story of the World’s First Scientific Expedition by Nicholas Crane reviewed