In 1973, Leonard Cohen hated his life. Then he went to a war zone.
A trip to Israel during the Yom Kippur War sparked a revival in the songwriter, Matti Friedman writes.
An eye-opening portrait of bin Laden, drawn from his personal files
Based on documents recovered from his compound, Nelly Lahoud argues that al-Qaeda and its leader were greatly diminished after 9/11.
How a devastating cyclone led to a genocide and a new nation
The Great Bhola Cyclone of 1970 kicked off a period of death and chaos in what is now Bangladesh, as Scott Carney and Jason Miklian recount.
Lessons from Lincoln’s leadership at the close of the Civil War
John Avlon takes an in-depth look at the 16th president's final weeks.
How Russia fought a U.S. rights law — and the man who championed it
Bill Browder recounts his high-stakes and sometimes absurd legal battles with the Kremlin.
From 1741, bizarre ideas about what made people Black
These essays from Enlightenment thinkers help show how pseudoscience about race developed, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew S. Curran write.
‘Take My Hand’ exposes a dark episode in American history
Dolen Perkins-Valdez centers her novel around a Black nurse in 1970s Alabama.
Molly Shannon throws herself into everything she does. Now: A memoir.
The former SNL star discusses how she overcame a tragic childhood to reach comedic heights.
‘Tasha’ is a bracing account of one woman’s final years
Brian Morton imbues his memoir with a wry, pained tenderness.
Fredric Brown’s ‘The Fabulous Clipjoint’ is an ingenious mystery
The Edgar Award-winning mystery novel was first published in 1947.