Nonfiction

12 Must-Read Books of June 2026
The New Chicago Renaissance: Ben Austen on Alex Kotlowitz’s “An American Summer”
Finding Solace in a “Kafkaesque” World
Form is Function in Emily LaBarge’s “Dog Days”
Exhaustive Research Gets Exhausting in “Girls®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything”
Walking In Search of Balance: A Conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald
How (Not) to Be an American Man: An Interview with Jasper Craven
Why Do We Keep Up With the Kardashians? A Theorization of Fame and Media in “Dekonstructing the Kardashians”
Composing a Chorus of Rebellion: A Conversation with Jenny Bartoy about “No Contact: Writers on Estrangement”
12 Must-Read Books of May 2026