Kam Reads and Recs

“This is a tale of a man affected by trauma, but without any sense that it changed him at all.”

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Author of the new novel Sourland remembers a kingpin.

For nearly a century, Americans argued over how to honor George Washington. The monument they built reflected those debates.

An interview with Michael Katz about his translation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Idiot."

I went to high school and college at the height of the women’s liberation movement, in the 1970s. We knew that sexism was a problem—but we w

Large language models respond to everyday health queries with nearly 76% accuracy, raising concerns about their trustworthiness in real-worl

Why Friedrich Schiller believed art belongs at the heart of education—and why it matters for equal opportunity today.

Katja Hoyer’s new book is a compelling study of a city on the brink of autocracy, recounted through the eyes and voices of its citizens.

Featuring Paul Yoon, Howard Zinn, Chris Bohjalian, and more

Get your TBR ready. Here are the new horror releases hitting shelves in August you'll want to add to it.

Book banners asking why books banned in prisons are allowed in public schools shows their whole hand.