Longform Nonfiction Book Reviews

As discussed by the scholar Ira Berlin in his monograph The Long Emancipation, the struggle for freedom is, at its core, about agency: Who accomplished it? How was it accomplished? Why?

For many, Ann Dunham is known as the mother of the 44th U.S. president who happened to be white, and that’s just about all they know about her. In A Singular Woman, Janny Scott retrieves Dunham from the bin of misrepresentation and presents an accomplished woman.

It has been said that President Barack Obama is like a Rorschach test—people project onto him their interpretations…

Quiet is a must-read for introverts and extroverts alike. This best-selling book by Susan Cain offers a ground-breaking understanding of the power of introverts in a culture that has a "preference for extroversion."