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Rachel Carson’s Deadly Mistake

By Paul A. Offit

Rachel Carson is, and should be, a revered environmental icon. But her crusade against one pesticide cost millions of people their lives.

Rachel Carson

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Books

A Book I Cannot Live Without: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Ian Rankin: A Book I Can’t Live Without 

By Ian Rankin02.04.17

George Orwell

How George Orwell Predicted Donald Trump

By John Sutherland01.28.17

Dark at the Crossing

Beast Fiction: Dark at the Crossing

By Elliot Ackerman01.22.17

Why Eisenhower Matters Now

By John Avlon01.16.17

Michelle Obama

What We Learned From Michelle Obama

By Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran01.15.17

George Washington

George Washington’s Farewell Warning

By John Avlon01.10.17

My Life Inside ‘The Family’ Cult//SEO Hed: My Life Inside ‘The Family’ Cult

My Life Inside ‘The Family’ Cult

By Lauren Hough01.08.17

Richard Diebenkorn, "Ingleside," 1963.
Oil on canvas. 81 3/4 x 69 1/2 in. (207.6 x 176.5 cm). Catalogue raisonné no. 3377.

California’s Heir to Matisse

By Malcolm Jones01.08.17

In Cold Blood

Capote’s Masterpiece Still Vivid at 50

By Jessica Ferri12.28.16

Best Memoirs

11 Memoirs to Read Now

By Mark Slouka12.28.16

Bill O'Reilly's book

Bill O’Reilly’s Stupid Book Is Stupid

By Pete Dexter, Jeff Nale12.25.16

Catcher

Holden Caulfield’s First Christmas

By Nicolaus Mills12.25.16

Drinking

The Booziest Book I Read This Year

By David Wondrich12.23.16

Author Anne Rice poses for a portrait at her home in Palm Springs, California, U.S. on July 4, 2007.

Anne Rice: ‘I Feel Like I’m Gay’

By Marlow Stern12.22.16

A man looks over a selection of books at City Lights Bookstore in the North Beach neighborhood in San Francisco, California May 27, 2012. With its striking cityscapes and an eclectic offering of food, arts and culture, San Francisco captivates travelers and residents alike. Picture taken May 27, 2012.

The Best Indy Bookstores in the U.S.

By Allison McNearney12.18.16

George Orwell

How ‘1984’ Became an Overnight Sensation

By John Sutherland12.18.16

How MacKinlay Kantor [his grandfather] wrote the book on which The Best Years of Our Lives was based and why you've never heard of it

How Grandpa Got Screwed Out of an Oscar

By Tom Shroder12.11.16

FNN9K5 Drawer, illustrator and author Tomi Ungerer stands in front of three of his artworks in the exhibition 'Eklips - Neues fuer die Augen 1960 bis 2010' ('Eclipse - New things for the eyes 1960 to 2010') at the Wuerth art gallery in Schwaebisch Hall, Germany, 11 May 2010. The largest Ungerer exhibition ever displays some 600 artworks from five decades. EPA/UWE ANSBACH

The Kid’s Lit Author Who Inspired Sendak

By Joshua David Stein12.10.16

David Sterling

Fighting the Nazis From a Hospital Bed

By Ben Macintyre12.04.16

The revolver with which French poet Paul Verlaine tried to kill his lover Arthur Rimbaud is displayed at Christie's auction house before the most famous gun in French literature goes under the hammer in Paris on November 30, 2016. / AFP / Thomas SAMSON (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)

$500K for Literature’s Most Famous Gun

By Erin Zaleski12.02.16

Oscar Wilde’s Scandalous Brilliance

By Erin Zaleski11.13.16

Investigate Rudy & FBI Leaks

The National Book Award Has Gone to Hell

By Tom LeClair11.06.16

PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 25. American writer Paul Beatty poses during a portrait session held on September 25, 2010 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ulf Andersen/Getty images) *** Local Caption *** Paul Beatty

Paul Beatty's Uncomfortable Race Novel

By Nathaniel Rich10.26.16

When Hollywood Built Its Own Berlin Wall

When Hollywood Built Its Own Berlin Wall

By Greg Mitchell10.22.16

Bob Smith

Meet Bob Smith, the Comic Facing ALS

By Tim Teeman10.17.16

LOST COLONY

This Drone Could Find the Lost Colony

By Neil Caudle10.16.16

Tin Whistle

How the Tin Whistle Saved my Life

By Paulette Jiles10.15.16