• New Nonfiction

    How the Banning of Joyce's Ulysses Led to "The Grandest Obscenity Case in the History of Law and Literature"

    Morris Ernst knew he could win the case to "liberate" Joyce's famously banned novel. So he found a publisher, took a cut of the royalties, and had a copy sent by boat to America.

    June 22, 2021  By Samantha Barbas
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    The Mississippi Farmer Who Helped Take Down the Jones County Klan

    Tom Landrum was strongly opposed to joining the KKK—that is, until an FBI agent asked him to infiltrate the organization.

    June 22, 2021  By Curtis Wilkie
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    The Early, Wild, Exploited, and Sometimes Radical Days of the Comic Book Industry in America

    Paul S. Hirsch on the invention of a new art form and the renegades and rogues who went to work in its earliest shops.

    June 21, 2021  By Paul S. Hirsch
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    Inside New Jersey's Notorious Prison for Women, Life Carries on for Krystal Riordan

    "It’s a rule-bound world, a world where dance competitions and making birthday chili and rice for your girlfriend co-exist with fight blood on the floor."

    June 18, 2021  By Stephanie Dickinson
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    Asian-American Spies Played Critical Roles in World War Two—They Were Also Under Constant Suspicion

    A new study of three men and a tangled web of subversion, sabotage, and challenged loyalty.

    June 16, 2021  By Brian Masaru Hayashi
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    “They Wanted Something for Nothing”: The Many Cons of the Yellow Kid

    He was America's "greatest con man," self-proclaimed and widely celebrated. But what was the real story of Joseph Weil?

    June 15, 2021  By Dean Jobb
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    The Eccentric, Unusual, and Layered Plotting of Dolores Hitchens' The Cat Saw Murder

    "Beneath the surface narrative, fast-moving as a stream, is a deeper sort of tragic wisdom..."

    June 9, 2021  By Joyce Carol Oates
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    Why Ethel Rosenberg Matters

    How did Ethel Rosenberg find the strength to bear her unjust persecution, and what can we learn from her today?

    June 8, 2021  By Anne Sebba
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    The Most Daring POW Escape in History Began with the Construction of a Ouija Board

    In Margalit Fox's new book, she tells the story of Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, who used spiritualism to cast a spell over their captors.

    June 4, 2021  By Margalit Fox
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    Jack Ruby Is the Key to the Kennedy Assassination Conspiracy Theories. So Why Have We Forgotten About His Trial?

    Conspiracy theories focus on Ruby and the supposed cover-up. But his Texas trial has mostly been lost to history.

    June 2, 2021  By Dan Abrams and David Fisher
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