A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
The Hounding
By Xenobe Purvis
Sisters in 18th-century England enjoy uncommon freedom — to the alarm of their suspicious neighbors.
The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy
By Matthew Campbell
An astounding account of Khmer-era cultural theft and recovery.
The Rising
By Larry Silverstein
Recounting the brutal, protracted fight to reclaim Ground Zero.
Meet our keynote speaker!
Simple Stories
By Lyonel Trouillot; translated by Willard Wood
This sage collection renders a lively, complicated Haiti.
The Visionaries: Bretton Woods, the Marshall Plan, and the Making of the Post-World War II Order
By James Holland
A look at the creation of the former “New World Order.”
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
The writer talks memoir, violence, and bearing witness to injustice.
Coding Kids: Big Tech’s Battle to Remake Public Schools
By Natasha Singer
Turns out, Silicon Valley isn’t especially altruistic.
What should high-schoolers and undergrads be reading these days? We have some thoughts!
