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books Feb. 23, 2022

The False Promise of AdmissionsReading Kendra James’s memoir about being one of the only Black students at an elite boarding school, I felt a shock of recognition.

By Kaitlin Byrd
book review Jan. 21, 2022

Jamie Lynn Spears’s Book Is a Sad, Unsettling ReadDespite writing extensively about Britney, she never pauses to consider what her life has actually been like.

By Bindu Bansinath
hot bod May 4, 2021

Exercise Is Actually the Perfect Subject for a MemoirAlison Bechdel proves it in her newest book, The Secret to Superhuman Strength.

By Maggie Lange

books Sept. 23, 2019

Chanel Miller’s Story Needed to Be Told in Her Own WordsHer memoir, of Brock Turner’s sexual assault and its aftermath, is astonishing.

By Anna Silman
science of us Dec. 7, 2017

Anesthesia Complicates Our Idea of What It Means to Be HumanA review of Kate Cole-Adams’s new book on consciousness, memory, and going under.

By Cody Delistraty
science of us Oct. 12, 2017

Oliver Sacks’s Latest Book Asks: What Do We Mean When We Talk About ‘the Mind’?The late neurologist’s posthumous essay collection, A River of Consciousness, is more interested in posing questions than in finding the answers.

By Cody Delistraty