Historian Sean Wilentz has examined the history of America through the lens of our presidents, our party politics, the working class — and even our music. This Independence Day, we asked Wilentz, a professor of American history at…
Last week, the Library of Congress selected Tracy K. Smith as the new U.S. Poet Laureate. Here, Smith shares the poetry she recommends reading right now.
Books from independent publishers are often less easily surfaced or visible. Here are 7 terrific books from indie presses you may not know.
The NewsHour asked its staff for recommendations of books or poems that helped them survive a period of loss. In their own words, here are 10 possible reads for someone who's grieving.
It’s almost summer -- a time to catch up on missed readings, turn back to old favorites, and discover new ones. For the best summer reads, we turned two authors who own independent bookstores: Louise Erdrich, who owns Birchbark Books…
On its own, the theme song to “Twin Peaks” was a bona fide earworm. Composer Angelo Badalamenti’s opening theme to Mark Frost and David Lynch’s otherworldly murder mystery won a Grammy in 1990 for “Best Pop Instrumental Performance.” The soundtrack…
As the Library of Congress celebrates disco for the first time, we asked music historian Bill Brewster to spotlight five revolutionary disco tracks.
John Farrell has read and studied a wide range of biographies over the years. Here are his recommendations for 8 must-read life histories.
Top female writers and editors recommend other female authors who have somehow been overlooked or forgotten, either because of their gender, the language in which they wrote, or their books have gone out of print.
For National Library Week, we asked the New York Public Library -- the largest library in the country and one of the most beloved -- what we should be reading right now.
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