A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South
By Melvin Patrick Ely
The boundaries between the enslaved and the free were blurry but never invisible.
We love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are June’s winners.
An Interview with John A. Jenkins
By Bert Brandenburg
The journalist talks Watergate, the Pentagon Papers, and the summer when everything came to a head.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
The brash, uncompromising journalist did it her way.
Make the Festival of Lights (which starts tonight) more literary!
The Genius of Their Age: Ibn Sina, Biruni, and the Lost Enlightenment
By S. Frederick Starr
Meet Central Asia’s original polymaths.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
The Prospectors: A Novel
By Ariel Djanikian
This adventure falls short on likable characters but boasts an addictive plot.
An Interview with Aaron Hamburger
By Virginia Hartman
The novelist talks Havana, Peter Pan collars, and his indomitable immigrant grandmother.
We came, we read, we gushed. Here’s a recap of the titles that left us especially warm and swoony last month.
