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.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
An Interview with Boo Trundle
By Margaret Hutton
The debut novelist talks F-18s, Madonna envy, and the influence of memoir.
Will gruesome accounts of dying animals finally open our eyes?
Bad Questions: A Novel
By Len Kruger
A preteen boy poses endless queries in this quirky 1970s bildungsroman.
Benghazi!
By Ethan Chorin
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The story of the now-infamous attack told in intricate detail.
Lessons
By Ian McEwan
An aging everyman learns — beautifully — from life.
The Heart of It All: A Novel
By Christian Kiefer
A poignant tale of small-town Ohioans struggling to preserve the best in themselves.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
