The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War
Can we understand an American cataclysm without experiencing the reek of death and the roar of cannon? Review by Adam…
Adam Kirsch
Adam Kirsch is the author of Rocket and Lightship: Essays on Literature and Ideas, Why Trilling Matters, Benjamin Disraeli, and The Modern Element: Essays on Contemporary Poetry. He is a contributing editor at Tablet.
The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin
A new collection of Philip Larkin’s verse attempts to capture the acerbic poet’s work in toto.
Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books
The tangible value of the book, in the eyes of a diverse collection of writers.
The Unexamined Orwell
Scholars have pored over his writing, but the life of the author of 1984 and Animal Farm remains mysterious.
Create Dangerously
The award-winning noveliston the suffering in her Haitian birthplace, and the role of the immigrantartist.
White Egrets
At the age of eighty, a great poet pits his voice against the encroaching shadows.
Nothing to Fear: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America
Revisiting the magnitude of the crisis FDR faced can be both inspiring and overwhelming.