Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race, offers a historical and sociological view of the toxic white male identity in Mediocre.
As John Gray asserts in Feline Philosophy, being open to what cats can teach us just might “lighten the load that comes with being human.”
In Magic: A History, Oxford professor of archaeology Chris Gosden treats readers to a history of humanity through the lens of magic.
Francesca Beauman delves into the quirky history of the personal ad and reveals how it has aided Americans’ search for love throughout the centuries.
Laila Lalami braids statistics and historical context with her lived experiences to illustrate how unjust policies can affect individual lives.
Even if you’re not a burnt-out millennial yourself, there’s something to chew on here for everyone whose life is touched by social media or the gig economy.
Dianne M. Stewart investigates the complex conditions that have led to low marriage rates among Black heterosexual women in the United States.
In The Sprawl, Jason Diamond lets us see “just how much the suburbs have influenced our culture.”
What makes this book memorable is Wilkerson’s extraordinary narrative gift, as she pairs research with stories that illustrate the impact of the caste system.
Jeff Hobbs drills down into the second-largest school district in the U.S. to shine an intimate light on a few senior boys in two very different high schools.
Eula Biss blends research, reflection and richly rendered personal experience into a compulsively readable memoir about money, art and capitalism.
Mixing essays, poetry and images, Claudia Rankine’s new book, Just Us, asks how our notions of whiteness play out in these United States.
Written in Latina journalist Maria Hinojosa’s honest, passionate voice, this memoir is, quite simply, beautiful.
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