Norman Mailer

The young man went to war and became a novelist. But did he ever really come back?

Digging down into the roots of white America’s infatuation with Black.

Norman Mailer’s generation learned to “write like men.” But their female contemporaries from Mary McCarthy to Diana Trilling pioneered a more enduring style.

While New York has yet to break away from the rest of the country, it's not for lack of trying.

In retrospect, it was peculiar but not surprising that the Jewish-American novel peaked early—halfway through the beginning, to be precise.

On the private and public lives of the author of “The Fire Next Time” and “Giovanni’s Room.”

Jewish masculinity and the New York intellectuals.

The end of the big-city columnist.

Romano’s book is a vital, comprehensive piece of media scholarship about one of the most influential outlets of the last century. It’s also fun as hell to read.

Why did William F. Buckley campaign to free Edgar Smith?

At the back of the book, the index provides a space for reference—and sometimes revenge.

People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?

The first volume of Frederik Logevall’s biography of JFK reveals the scope of his ambition and the weakness of his political commitments.

If you're wondering how Trump happened, all you have to do is let Pat Buchanan beguile you with a history no one else can tell.

What the 1971 uprising and massacre reveal about our prison system and the liberal democratic state.