Reviews
Snatches of Uncertain Information
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Every revolution is an information revolution.
History & Mystery
The Mystery of the Social-Climbing Copywriter
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Smoke your way to a peaceful working-class life.
History & Mystery
The Plot of the Dime Store Dostoyevsky
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The master of the psychodrama mystery was Jim Thompson.
History & Mystery
The Clue in the Old Lace
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Fashion history is rarely as straightforward as Nancy Drew led me to believe.
Mailbag
Why Wasn’t This in My Textbook?
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In both versions of this question, the assumption is that there’s a pure history out there somewhere, perhaps with answers in the appendix.
Shorts
Man of Smoke
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“I was trying to write the life of a man who had no life. What other options did I have?”
How I Do History
How Steven D. Booth Does History
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“Archival work involves building relationships.”
Field Trip
Book History in the Bay Area
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I was comfortable with the components of a press and the processes of printing. At least in theory.
How I Do History
How Spencer McBride Does History
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“To see scholars use the papers in their own research to produce groundbreaking history is something we celebrate.”
Shorts
How-to Booke
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How-to books, including those which promise the secret to wealth, are not a modern invention.
Field Trip
Catholic Library, Muslim Books
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In the 1950s and 1960s, the Dominicans in Cairo collected rare printed books in Arabic, particularly Muslim devotional works rarely found in other libraries.
Shorts
This Is The Night
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Performed once a year, the Exsultet features rich descriptions of sights, sounds, scents—and bees.
Shorts
This Is A Permanent Book
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Behind Dover Publications’ eclectic 10,000-title catalog lies a remarkable story of 20th century innovation.
Reviews
The Women Who Showed Us Life
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Over its four-decade run, LIFE Magazine had 105 staff photographers. Six of them were women.
Shorts
Cooking with the Time & Talents Club
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The classic Parsi cookbook has changed much over the decades, yet remains curiously old-fashioned.