Bastards of the Reagan Era
Reginald Dwayne Betts's collection of poems, a finalist for the 2016 PEN Open Book Award, turns a critical eye to the harsh realities of American society and its treatment… More
Forest Primeval: Poems
A series of poems from Vievee Francis's poetry collection, Forest Primeval, a finalist for the 2016 PEN Open Book Award. More
Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey
Beauty is the ultimate democracy, because a beautiful thing, particularly if it exists in nature, belongs to everyone. More
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
"Rain and two more of its wondrous pride—clouds and rainbows—have inspired writers, painters, and poets for thousands of years. Homer’s Iliad is thick with clouds, as is much of… More
Thunder and Lightning: Weather, Past, Present, Future
Lauren Redniss is the winner of the 2016 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for Thunder and Lightning: Weather, Past, Present, Future. More
Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World
"Laki spewed out more sulfur dioxide—about 122 million tons of it—than any other eruption in the past 1,000 years. That’s more than enough to wreak climate havoc well beyond… More
The Boy Who Played with Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star
"Instead of instinctively doing what most parents would regard as common sense—keeping their child away from things that could kill him—Tiffany and Kenneth shifted to what was essentially a… More
The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World
"If everyone in the world ate as much meat as Americans do (176 pounds per person per year), we’d need to find another planet to raise the feed and… More
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