Silicon Valley: A Region High on Historical Amnesia
In his review of O’Mara’s “The Code,” Patrick McCray describes how the federal government provided the tailwind that pushed Silicon Valley to stardom....
Behind the Celluloid Dream: A Conversation with Shawn Levy
Sarah Cozort speaks to Shawn Levy, author of “Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont.”...
Against Active Forgetting: On John Hersey’s “The Algiers Motel Incident”
Danielle L. McGuire introduces “The Algiers Motel Incident” by John Hersey, republished after 50 years....
Echoes of Fascism
Stephen Rohde reviews Henry A. Giroux's new book, "The Terror of the Unforeseen."...
Poring Over “Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland”
John T. Scott samples “Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland” by Clay Risen....
It Won’t Love You Back: An Interview with Maria Tumarkin
Mireille Juchau talks to Maria Tumarkin, author of “Axiomatic.”...
“Dear House, Don’t Burn”: On Svetlana Alexievich’s “Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II”
Heather Altfeld listens to the voices in “Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II” by Svetlana Alexievich....
No Memorial: On Gary Fuller’s “The Invisible Killer: The Rising Global Threat of Air Pollution — and How We Can Fight Back”
Linda Roland Danil investigates "The Invisible Killer" by Gary Fuller....
The Story We Tell Ourselves: On Clay Risen’s “The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century”
Caroline Winterer makes her way through “The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century” by Clay Risen....
Earth First? On “The Ecocentrists” and Pregnancy in the Anthropocene
Lynne Feeley reviews "The Ecocentrists," a history of radical environmentalism by Keith Makoto Woodhouse....
A Nation of Nations Must Still Be a Nation: On Nationalism, Globalization, and Writing History
Jill Lepore’s book argues for a shared national history, but fails to explain what that history looks like....
Whose Apollo Are We Talking About?
Asif Siddiqi reviews Roger D. Launius's "Apollo’s Legacy" and Teasel E. Muir-Harmony's "Apollo to the Moon."...
