Raps of Resistance: How Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Reignited a Hip-Hop Tradition
By Jeremy C. McCool and Earl Hopkins
A persuasive case for the primacy of two singular artists.
We came, we read, we gushed.
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.
An Interview with Lucienne S. Bloch
By Vailes Shepperd
The writer talks Vienna, scenic vocabulary, and existing in three dimensions.
Tabula Rasa: Volume 1
By John McPhee
The master wordsmith reflects on his stumbles and false starts.
Big new titles perfect for the littles.
Off to Join the Circus: A Novel
By Deborah Kalb
A flamboyant, long-disappeared sister returns to the family fold.
Formidable
By Elisabeth Griffith
A dense, comprehensive look at an ongoing struggle.
The Last Resort
By Sarah Stodola
The actual — and existential — cost of our oceanfront idylls.
The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War
By James B. Conroy
A valuable, overly dense account of the pivotal Casablanca Conference.
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