by Laura | Feb 2, 2011
Malcolm Gladwell is a rarity: a public intellectual who can convey big and challenging ideas in accessible fashion, drawing insight from a wide range of disciplines. The author of the surprise bestseller The Tipping Point, here Gladwell turns his nimble intelligence...
by Laura | Feb 2, 2011
“Women’s intimate lives,” author Michelle Goldberg writes, “have become inextricably tied to global forces.” Her book provides a much-needed global perspective on women’s struggle for self-determination, and on the complex ties...
by Laura | Feb 2, 2011
While most of us are at least somewhat familiar with the history and debate surrounding contraceptive use, Andrea Tone’s fascinating book alerts us to a much longer history of efforts to prevent unwanted pregnancies. There was a thriving cottage industry of...
by Laura | Feb 2, 2011
Published on the 50th anniversary of FDA approval of the Pill, author Elaine Tyler May steps back and provides a concise survey of its history, and what it has and hasn’t meant for the lives of women and society as a whole. FDA approval generated extravagant...
by Laura | Feb 1, 2011
In Absence of Mind, Marilynne Robinson shakes up the supposed debate between religion and science by finding common ground in an imperfect search for an elusive truth. How did she get here? First, she has become a singular presence on the scene of American letters....
