Ashley Bowen earned a PhD in American Studies and Public Humanities in December 2016. Her research focuses on the history of health, medicine, and social services in the period from the American Civil War to World War I. When she isn't feeling existential angst about finishing her dissertation, she works as a part-time bookseller and plans adventures as a field agent for Atlas Obscura. A Texas native now living in Washington, DC, she has been known to travel long distances for a proper breakfast taco and Dr. Pepper. Her writing appears on Book Riot, Atlas Obscura, museum blogs, and in various "serious" academic journals. Twitter: @aebowenPhD
Books about the late astronaut John Glenn, the Mercury 7, and NASA history.
5 old books on magic and witchcraft you'd find in Zacharias' library!
Books to get you fired up or to remind you that activism is worth it.
Books about mysteries and wonders of the world.
Hillary Clinton is a big reader, and we have guesses about what's on her TBR!
A look at the issues a fetal narrator presents, in light of Ian McEwan's new fetal-narrated novel NUTSHELL.
An overview of an app for tracking your reading that offers different tools than Goodreads or Litsy
A guide to getting the most out of the National Book Festival in Washington, DC
Breathtaking children's book covers from the Victorian era.