A Mother and Transgender Son Pick Up the Pieces
At the Broken Places: A Mother and Trans Son Pick Up the PiecesMary Collins & Donald CollinsBeacon Press…
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Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams During the Civil War
Jonathan W. White argues that the Civil War might have been the most sleepless period in American history.
Ona Judge, the Washingtons, and the Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave
A portrait of George Washington as slave master.
Shelf Help: ‘Future Sex’
Re-evaluating our assumptions about sex and partnership. By Peter C. Baker Future Sex. (Photo: Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Future…
Shelf Help: ‘Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans’
Taking the measure of non-celebrity black Republicans, who find themselves a single-digit minority within both party and race.…
Shelf Help: ‘Exiled in America: Life on the Margins in a Residential Motel’
A lively evocation of a precarious, misunderstood community’s rhythms, textures, and tools for living together. By Peter C.…
Shelf Help: ‘Our Most Troubling Madness: Case Studies in Schizophrenia Across Cultures’
Dispatches from India, Thailand, Ghana, and other locations. By Peter C. Baker Our Most Troubling Madness: Case Studies…
Shelf Help: ‘The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism’
A skeptical eye is cast on the entire narcissism discourse. By Peter C. Baker The Selfishness of Others:…
Shelf Help: ‘Killing the Competition: Economic Inequality and Homicide’
We’ve long known that areas where inequality is highest have the worst homicide rates. Martin Daly makes the…