In her first outing in historical fiction, a veteran author brings a little-known piece of history into stark, unflinching relief.

In a year like no other in living memory, books offered a refuge from the chaos, even if what I was reading was not exactly escapist.

The author, Carlos Lozada, has been doing a LOT of reading–150 books about Trump and the Trump era.

An elder statesmen of the news media issues a call to arms, reminding journalists they truly can make a difference.

The author delivers his third gorgeous and savage story, a native son’s continuing critique of the American myth.

These stories work better separately than in the aggregate, but they’re still appropriately disturbing.

A mature woman wrestles through simmering family conflict as she takes on a challenge entirely for herself and the joy it brings her.

All Vikings were supposed to be stoic in the face of death, but the most memorable were the ones who went down with a great spit-in-your-eye riposte.

Senator John McCain reminds us how our political system is supposed to work, and that compromise is not, in fact, a dirty word.

A candid, kid-friendly history of the fight for women’s rights.