Dubious Dam: A Conversation with Erika Marie Bsumek
Tom Zoellner talks to Erika Marie Bsumek about one of the worst boondoggles in the Southwest, which she explores in her recent book “The Foundations...
Tom Zoellner talks to Erika Marie Bsumek about one of the worst boondoggles in the Southwest, which she explores in her recent book “The Foundations...
Tom Zoellner reviews Geoff Nicholson’s “Walking on Thin Air: A Life’s Journey in 99 Steps.”
Tom Zoellner talks to Lydia Otero about her new account of a young adulthood in Los Angeles, “L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir”
Tom Zoellner talks to Pete Candler about his new book “The Road to Unforgetting: Detours in the American South, 1997–2022.”
Tom Zoellner reviews Anjan Sundaram’s “Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime.”
Tom Zoellner reviews Emily Hilliard’s “Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia.”
Tom Zoellner seeks a way forward from gerrymandering.
Tom Zoellner reviews the new book by Gregg Mitman, "Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia."
Two books reveal the hidden lives of Los Angeles thoroughfares.
A neurological and historical comparison of mass panics and euphorias.
A prominent scholar and dissident speaks out about Myanmar’s military rule.
An engaging history of the nation’s most unlikely travel series.