Mark Lilla A sense of nostalgia, of not feeling at home in the present, and an attempt to recover a lost philosophical or religious tradition characterize the twentieth-century intellectuals whose...

Women Share Their Midlife Challenges and TriumphsEdited by Miriam LiebermannIn this ground-breaking anthology, Miriam Liebermann has collected the contemporary wisdom of rebbetzins, therapists, mentors, and friends who have made it...

Anne FadimanIn At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay—a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth...

Yaakov WolfsonThe Strength to ChangeOn a ride across the Verrazano Bridge, Yaakov Wolfson hears the story of a man who had the courage to cross another sort of bridge -...

Twentieth Century Interpretations of the Great Gatsby: A Collection of Critical EssaysConrad Aiken, Marius Bewley, David L Minter, Robert Ornstein, Maxwell Perkins, Lionel Trilling and 9 othersContains critical essays by...

Amos Oz and Fania Oz-SalzbergerA celebrated novelist and an acclaimed historian of ideas, father and daughter, unravel the chain of words at the core of Jewish life, history, and cultureWhy...

Susan SontagSusan Sontag has said that her earliest idea of what a writer should be was "someone who is interested in everything." Thirty-five years after her first collection of essays,...

Margaret AtwoodWhat is the role of the Writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career,...

Marian Keyes AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'S BETWEEN OURSELVES, IN CONVERSATION WITH TARA FLYNNLaugh your socks off with this hilarious collection of tales, observations and flights of fancy from...

Loolwa Khazzoom Many of us have stereotypes of what “Jewish” looks like—and for many of us that image is white and European. Yet, with the blossoming Jewish multiculturalism movement, led...

Elamin Abdelmahmoud An enlightening and deliciously witty collection of essays on Blackness, faith, pop culture, and the challenges--and rewards--of finding one's way in the world, from a BuzzFeed editor and...

Barbara KingsolverWith the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet, Barbara Kingsolver explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. Defiant, funny and courageously...