A Fate Worse than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War
By W. Fitzhugh Brundage
A harrowing assessment of a savage penal system.
We love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are February’s winners.
You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads
By Brad Snyder
Why a 1930s Black activist could’ve gotten the chair.
Fagin the Thief
By Allison Epstein
A Dickens villain gets an identity beyond “the Jew.”
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing: A Novel
By Alice Evelyn Yang
A family’s fantastical secret is rooted in China’s violent past.
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The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress
By James Cheshire
An exquisite homage to the charts that plot the way.
Simple Heart: A Novel
By Cho Haejin; translated by Jamie Chang
A Korean adoptee searches for her origins in this too-neat tale.
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Judy Blume: A Life
By Mark Oppenheimer
An adoring ode to the beloved author.
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