Books

These eight books celebrate the struggles and the strengths of the LGBTQ+ community 

Great reads from Columbia authors

In Bloodbath Nation, Paul Auster ’69CC, ’70GSAS looks at the history and impact of gun violence in the US

By Kelly Link ’91CC

In The Possibility of Life, Jaime Green ’15SOA explores how culture, science, and sci-fi shape depictions of extraterrestrials

In Attention Span, Gloria Mark ’91GSAS shares how technology has affected our ability to focus — and how we can get that skill back

In her first book, Butts, journalist Heather Radke ’19SOA takes a serious look at a cheeky topic

From Darryl Pinckney ’88CC, Lynn Steger Strong ’14SOA, and other Columbia authors

A review of The Hyacinth Girl, by Lyndall Gordon ’73GSAS

A review of Song of the Cell, by oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee

In her memoir Diary of Misfit, Casey Parks ’18JRN investigates the story of a Louisiana man with a secret identity

Archeologists uncover historic curiosities beneath the streets