• History

    How Edgar Allan Poe Reinvented American Literature – and Science Writing

    John Tresch: "In that lurid myth, in those shocking images, that's where the field of experimentation for future literature lives."

    December 3, 2022  By Lisa Levy
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    How the Nation of Islam Sent Shockwaves Across 1950s America – And Won the Support of Nasser's Egypt

    In 1958, the Nation of Islam was a powerful organization, on the rise. Soon, the American media, and the world, would take notice.

    November 23, 2022  By Shahan Mufti
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    The Unspoken Criminality of the Female PI

    Why The Girl Friday?

    November 14, 2022  By Emily Edwards
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    When Truman Capote Met Ann Woodward, Recently Minted Widow, in Saint Moritz

    Woodward had killed her husband. Now she was dining out at one of Europe's most exclusive restaurants, with Claus von Bülow.

    November 8, 2022  By Roseanne Montillo
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    Seven Wildly Entertaining Books About Agatha Christie and Her Characters

    Autobiographies, secret notebooks, archaeological records – the Christie nonfiction is as entertaining as the mysteries.

    November 2, 2022  By Ann Claire
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    How Grief and Revenge Made Geronimo Into a Legendary War Chief

    Before Geronimo became the Apaches' fabled war commander, he lost everything.

    November 1, 2022  By H.W. Brands
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    W. Scott Poole: How Horror Reveals the Nation's Deepest (and Darkest) Beliefs

    Poole's new book, Dark Carnivals traces the history of modern horror and American imperialism.

    October 25, 2022  By Lisa Levy
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    A Writer Confronts the South’s Tradition of Racist Terror

    Or, why I was afraid to bring my daughter to Alabama

    October 25, 2022  By Ousmane Power-Green
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    The Manhattan Well Mystery: On America's First Media Circus Around a Murder Case

    Sam Roberts Explores the Death of Elma Sands

    October 25, 2022  By Sam Roberts
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    The Journalist and the Psychopath: The Story Behind Edward Howard Rulloff's Crimes

    Ham Freeman was an Upstate New York journalist with big ambitions. Edward Howard Rulloff was a nationally notorious killer.

    October 6, 2022  By Kate Winkler Dawson
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