Monday: In “Next Book,” columnist Amanda Holmes Duffy muses on our impulse to personalize nature.

Tuesday: An interview with John A. Jenkins, author of Summer of ‘71: Five Months That Changed America.

Wednesday: In an essay, contributor Lawrence De Maria looks at James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux novels.

Thursday: A review of Raps of Resistance: How Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Reignited a Hip-Hop Tradition by Jeremy C. McCool and Earl Hopkins.

Friday: July’s Romance Roundup, courtesy of Kristina Wright.

Saturday: ICYMI: A review of Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse Into Mercenary Chaos by Candace Rondeaux.

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