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Alignment Problem
Today's "e;machine-learning"e; systems, trained by data, are so effective that we've invited them to see and hear for us-and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm …
Great Gatsby
When writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest for West Egg, near New York City, in the spring of 1922, he is swept into the dazzling world of his fabulously wealthy neighbor, Jay …
Zora and Langston
Novelist Zora Neale Hurston and poet Langston Hughes, two of America's greatest writers, first met in New York City in 1925. Drawn to each other, they launched a radical journal. …
Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy
The problems of today's Europe can be traced directly to the rewriting of the "e;rules of the economic game"e; that has taken place over several decades under the strong …
Portrait of the Self as Nation
Spanning thirty years of dazzling work-from luminous early love lyrics to often-anthologized Asian American identity anthems, from political and subversive hybrid forms to feminist …
We Hold Our Breath
"e;Houston spread like a glass of milk spilled on the wobbling table of Texan plains,"e; Micah Fields writes in this unique and poetic blend of reportage, history, and …
Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
A ground-breaking masterpiece of early European modernism originally published in 1910, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge unspools the vivid reflections of the titular young …
All About Dinner
Like most of us, Molly Stevens has no team of prep cooks, no vast pantry and no one paid to clean up her home kitchen. What she does have are delicious, time-tested recipes made …
Bread Head
Greg Wade is an expert in the out-of-this-world tastes and textures of long-fermented, hand-shaped breads. The recipient of the James Beard Award for Outstanding Baker (2019) is …
Of Fear and Strangers
By 2016, it was impossible to ignore an international resurgence of xenophobia. What had happened? Looking for clues, psychiatrist and historian George Makari started out in search …
American Republics
In this beautifully written history of America's formative period, an eminent historian upends the traditional story of a young nation marching to its continent-spanning …