Plus: The Sixties, Revisited, continued.

Dave Eggers' latest anthology of "Nonrequired Reading."

Book reviews, the Book Review, the fate of civilization, etc.

The quasi-religious basketball rivalry between Duke and North Carolina.

Don't know much historiography.

The long shelf-life of last year's real playoff heroes—and this season's questions.

This circus novel, a surprise hit, is now headed for the movies.

An evangelical critique of An Evangelical Declaration Against Torture.

Still recovering from civil war, but looking forward.

A mother's long–deferred revelation to her children lies at the heart of Graham Swift's new novel.

From "Molecules That Matter" to free-market environmentalists.

Joseph Epstein is back with another collection of superb essays.

Plus: news from Baylor University, music from Peter Case, and more.

Damned if you don't, damned if you don't.

A strong second novel from the author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier.

Public radio host Krista Tippett models constructive conversation.

Tired of blustering atheists and triumphalist Christians? Here's an alternative.

The "information flood" has a longer history than we suppose.

Your only son commits murder and is sentenced to life without parole. How do you go on?