The 115th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association is underway in Minneapolis. How we wish we could be there to study that fascinating tribe, Homo anthropologus, in its natural ...
Tag: Listicles
12 Great Books About Women and Work
The “women in the workplace” genre might call to mind 1980s cinematic classics like Working Girl and 9 to 5. But women have been hard at work—and writing about their experiences—for much longer than ...
Around the World in 13 Reviews
Whether you’re traveling this summer or just in the mood for some armchair tourism, here are 13 reviews to fuel your cosmopolitan curiosity ...
On Our Nightstands: July 2016
Here at Public Books, our editorial staff and contributors are hard at work to provide readers with thought-provoking articles, but when the workday is done, what is actually on our nightstands? Here ...
The Best and Worst Roald Dahl Adaptations
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG opened earlier this month, to mixed reviews and a box office neither big nor friendly. Now seems like a good time to take stock of the various ...
14 Autofiction Writers Who Aren’t Knausgaard
If you look in a bookstore for Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-volume series My Struggle—Book Five of which was released by Archipelago today—you’ll probably find it shelved under “Fiction.” But it’s ...