Pulitzer finalist Okrent (The Guarded Gate) crafts an intimate and detailed biography of late composer and lyricist Sondheim, who died in 2021 and whose credits include Sweeney Continue reading »
In this searing analysis of Elon Musk, historian Slobodian (Hayek’s Bastards) and tech journalist Tarnoff (Internet for the People) argue that, just as Fordism “was the Continue reading »
Not Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minister Became America’s Most Radical Revolutionary
Nina Sankovitch
In 1776, 23-year-old Quaker Jemima Wilkinson awoke from a deadly illness transformed into a genderless messenger from God named Universal Friend, also known as Public Universal Continue reading »
The Dark Frontier: Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea
Jeff Marlow
The deep sea “may well be the largest, most diverse, most consequential habitat on Earth,” writes marine microbiologist Marlow in his moving debut exploration. Still largely Continue reading »