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'Longstreet' bio looks back at a divisive leader whose supporters scorned him

NONFICTION: The Civil War general embraced the Union after the war ended. It cost him.

November 15, 2023

Review: 'Into the Bright Sunshine' shows how Hubert Humphrey's Minnesota youth shaped his career

NONFICTION: Samuel G. Freedman's biography looks at the politician's early years, when he championed the rights of Black and Jewish people.

July 12, 2023

Review: 'The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley,' by David Waldstreicher

NONFICTION: The times, if not the life, of the first Black American poet.

March 3, 2023

Review: 'Sister Novelists,' by Devoney Looser

NONFICTION: A fascinating biography of two hugely popular — but now forgotten — authors of the 19th century.

October 28, 2022

Review: 'The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams,' by Stacy Schiff

NONFICTION: A superb portrait of the businessman-turned-activist, who shrouded his actions in secrecy.

October 21, 2022

Review: 'I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys,' by Miranda Seymour

NONFICTION: The author of "Wide Sargasso Sea" had a complicated and turbulent life.

June 24, 2022

Review: 'The Bald Eagle,' by Jack E. Davis

The near extinction and amazing recovery of our national symbol.

February 25, 2022

Review: 'A Splendid Intelligence: The Life of Elizabeth Hardwick,' By Cathy Curtis

A biography of the critic and novelist who married poet Robert Lowell — and paid for it dearly.

November 12, 2021

Review: 'The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams,' by Stacy Schiff

NONFICTION: A superb portrait of the businessman-turned-activist, who shrouded his actions in secrecy.

October 21, 2022

Review: 'I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys,' by Miranda Seymour

NONFICTION: The author of "Wide Sargasso Sea" had a complicated and turbulent life.

June 24, 2022

Review: 'The Bald Eagle,' by Jack E. Davis

The near extinction and amazing recovery of our national symbol.

February 25, 2022

Review: 'A Splendid Intelligence: The Life of Elizabeth Hardwick,' By Cathy Curtis

A biography of the critic and novelist who married poet Robert Lowell — and paid for it dearly.

November 12, 2021