Montage
Faith through Film
The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies
by Max J. Krupnick
What You Can Say, Singing
Liv Redpath’s operatic trajectory
by Nina Pasquini
A Moral Victory
A new history of the Civil War's Battle of Antietam
Maps of the World
The surreal, artistic cartography of Darren Sears
by Lydialyle Gibson
Beyond the SAT
Nicholas Lemann on revising standardized testing to address real educational needs
“Volts of Your Own Spirit”
Seamus Heaney writes to Helen Vendler.
Cultivating Friendships with Trees
A monumental new guide to North American species
by Jonathan Shaw
Off the Shelf
Democratic organizing, “architectural grafting,” the Constitution, offshore wealth, and other new books
From Law Books to Cookbooks
Nisha Vora’s vegan journey
by Claire Zulkey
Bringing the Magic
The reality-based fantasies of novelist Tomi Adeyemi
by Lydialyle Gibson
A Democratic Landscape
Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park