The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
By Kimon de Greef
Meet a self-styled shaman who got high on his own supply.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
An Interview with Karen Torghele
By Laura Fisher Kaiser
The epidemiologist-turned-biographer gives an unsung polio conqueror his due.
Triage
By Claudia Rankine
A keenly observed, challenging exploration of where we are right now.
The Colonel and the King
By Peter Guralnick
How well do we know the Svengali behind the singer?
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
The Mapmaker
By Tom Young
Can a French Resistance fighter get her critical drawings to the Allies ahead of D-Day?
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
A searing account of the Russian attack on civilians in Mariupol.
A Year of Marvelous Ways: A Novel
By Sarah Winman
An old woman’s magic heals a young soldier’s heart in this uneven tale.
