Tyrants, then and now
Not all tyrants are Voldemort. Waller R. Newell explains why.
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Books
The Nest is financial-crisis fiction with pedigree
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s entertaining first novel
Why adultery remains illegal in 21 states
Deborah L. Rhode takes a fascinating look at archaic adultery laws
When God isn’t green: Religion versus the planet
Jay Wexler examines the collision of religious and environmental values
Celebrated Metis poet delivers poignant view of residential school life
Joan Crate’s novel Black Apple takes readers inside a 1940s Prairies school
Girls and sex: Peggy Orenstein on female sexuality and power
On girls faking orgasms, why oral sex is so popular with teens, and what the Dutch are doing right
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of Mar. 15
The hottest titles in fiction and non-fiction from the week that was
The fictionalized tale of the Atwood of 17th century England
Men may have called her ’mad.’ But Margaret Cavendish was also brilliant
The book that gave us Shakespeare as we know him
Emma Smith’s close reading of Shakespeare’s first folio reveals a trove of information
More on that 3,600-page novelized memoir
Some Rain Must Fall makes the case for why we shouldn’t envy a bestselling author