Christoph Irmscher: Controversies remind us of how complex John James Audubon always was
H. L. Mencken, “The Hills of Zion”
Anthony Hunt on the collected Gary Snyder: “His poems move us, drive us back to our fundamental roots”
John Williams, “The ‘Western’: Definition of the Myth”
Editor James Horn on Captain John Smith, “a superb observer and a superb narrator”
Adopt this book: Kate Chopin: Complete Novels & Stories
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Unnatural Mother”
The Heart of American Poetry, with Edward Hirsch
Fiddler on the Roof on Stage and Screen: The Surprising Journey of a Great American Musical
Virginia Hamilton and the Transformation of American Children’s Literature