Why the American Novel Refused to Grow Up
Becca Rothfeld on the literary critic Leslie Fiedler’s classic study of American fiction between 1789 and 1959, which was originally…
Books
admin Maggie O’Farrell and the Art of Inventing the Past
Katy Waldman on a new book by the Northern Irish novelist Maggie O’Farrell, whose book “Hamnet,” from 2020, was adapted…
What Did “Lady Chatterley” Liberate?
Louis Menand reviews “Lady C: The Long, Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” by Guy Cuthbertson.
Looking Back at Lewis and Clark
Caleb Crain on a recent book about the explorers by Craig Fehrman which adopts the perspectives of several members of…
What Dogs See When They Look at Us
Adam Gopnik reviews “The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History,” by Thomas W. Laqueur.
Mary Todd Lincoln Has Long Been Derided. Is Her Reputation Salvageable?
Thomas Mallon reviews a new biography of Mary Todd Lincoln, “An Inconvenient Widow,” by Lois Romano.