I wondered, at a certain point in Nathaniel Philbrick’s detailed narrative of Custer’s Last Stand, why he was spending such a long time on other soldiers in another company, on another hill, trying to survive …

Robert Greenfield’s Exile On Main St. is a season in hell with thirdhand gossip.

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Let’s Ask The Readers how we’re doing!

And other fun stuff from Peter Biskind’s Down And Dirty Pictures.

Like a Magic Eye puzzle, once you see Howard Donahue’s explanation of JFK’s death, you can’t unsee it.

My friends and I recall a certain scene opening from a book, but can’t remember which book. It’s kinda driving us crazy.

I hope that the good Nation will be able to help me find a book I loved as a kid. I’m pretty sure the book was something I ordered through a Scholastic catalog in the …

UPDATE, 3/10/14: I’m in L.A. at the moment and left the book half-read on my kitchen table in Brooklyn AND will not be able to coordinate a live chat, SO: same time next week. That’s …

It’s been A YEAR since we all read something together? That’s terrible.