Books

In her debut novel, Ramos depicts a circle of women optimized to serve as surrogates for the super-rich.

A dispatch from the ongoing war on America’s public lands.

Natasha Lennard's new book of essays offers tools for fighting fascism at home and in the street.

Author Casey Cep discusses her new book about Harper Lee's unfinished manuscript detailing the alleged crimes of an Alabama preacher and the man who shot him.

An excerpt from Carson Vaughan's Zoo Nebraska.

The body-positivity activist discusses her forthcoming book for teens—and her plans to revolutionize the idea of fat camp.

Pacific Standard is looking for a part-time contract editor to help us expand and elevate the profile of our books and culture coverage.

Malaka Gharib discusses her debut graphic memoir and explains how she's navigated white-dominated spaces—as a teenager, and as an adult.

As young people read less and less, they may be short-circuiting their reading brains.

A new anthology urges us to look at the Earth with renewed wonder—and then to take action in its defense.

A new book chronicles the rise of extreme air pollution—and the fixes that are helping to clean up the atmosphere

Nathaniel Rich recounts America's failure to act on global warming in the 1980s; Bill McKibben offers dire prophecies about climate—and artificial intelligence.

Far from the reach of the Chinese government, Uyghur booksellers are protecting their language from being erased.

Prisons in Washington State may be blocking book donations, air pollution is shortening lives, and a four-legged whale skeleton provides evolutionary clues.

A new book documents the plastic pollution crisis, the affect of that pollution on wildlife and people, and initiatives that have been created to tackle the problem.

In his new book, Ken Woodley recounts how Prince Edward County, Virginia, finally began to make amends.

In his latest book, French historian Dominique Kalifa investigates how mainstream representations of poverty have been used for centuries to harm the poor.

Lucasta Miller's new biography of the poet celebrates her literary triumphs while casting a skeptical eye on the society that rejected her.

Fights over the Colorado River's most significant tributary are longstanding, intractable, and only getting worse.

The author discusses his new book, the tragic violence in Chicago, and his love for the city's "messy vitalities."

Two new books argue for the virtues of pleasure—as an end in itself, but also as a political tool.

In her most recent book, Merve Emre examines our obsession with ourselves.

The author and illustrator explains how seeing his home reduced to a "desolate plane" by the 2017 disaster inspired his latest book.

Literary scholar Sarah Churchwell discusses the shifting meanings of "America first" and "the American dream."