Review: Dennis Drabelle’s The Great American Railroad War How Frank Norris and Ambrose Bierce helped keep a crooked railroad honest August 23, 2012 By Bill Marx
Mad Men: Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test June 7, 2011 By Caroline H. Dworin A travelogue of insanity with the author of Them
Memoirs of an Accidental Sportswriter May 25, 2011 By Sam Eifling Robert Lipsyte’s new memoir recounts fifty years on the sports pages
Tabloid City and the Contours of Emptiness May 17, 2011 By Jennifer Miller Pete Hamill’s new novel explores a city in decline
Anatomy of a Journalist April 13, 2011 By Lauren Kirchner Janet Malcolm dissects a murder trial, and her own profession
Babel March 31, 2011 By Daniel Luzer Robert Lane Greene on why language is always, and never, in decline
We Love the Eighties March 23, 2011 By Jessica Loudis David Sirota traces the outsized influence of the “Me Decade”
A Brief History of "Save Darfur" March 16, 2011 By Andrew Stobo Sniderman The Darfur lobby was historic. But was it effective?
Pretty Pictures, Hard Times February 10, 2011 By Daniel Luzer A look back at the illustrated magazines of the 1840s
The News from Norway January 5, 2011 By Kathy Gilsinan A comprehensive look at the history of the Norwegian American press
Number Cruncher November 24, 2010 By Lauren Kirchner A new biography vindicates a forgotten innovator
