Anna Marie Grosholtz (later Madame Tussaud) had the fortune (or misfortune) to be born in […]
The Poison Squad, by Deborah Blum
The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade For Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth […]
Creatures of Want and Ruin, by Molly Tanzer
It’s hard out there for a young woman with a bitter, disabled father who has […]
Madame Victoria, by Catherine Leroux
In the notes and acknowledgements at the end of Madame Victoria, by Catherine Leroux and translated […]
Insurrecto, by Gina Apostal
Insurrecto, by Gina Apostal, is a strange hybrid of a novel. It encapsulates the Balangiga […]
Angry Books in an Angry Time
Like a lot of other Americans, I am angry. Like a lot of liberal Americans, […]
Future Home of the Living God, by Louise Erdrich
Future Home of the Living God, by Louise Erdrich, is part of a dialogue in […]
How to Be Safe, by Tom McAllister
Tom McAllister’s How to Be Safe tackles one of the biggest flash points in American politics: […]
We Are All Completely Fine, by Daryl Gregory
Most adventure stories, of any stripe, focus on the lead up to, the journey to, […]