A master craftsman supposedly pours their soul into their work. In this book review of The Violin Maker’s Secret, we explore an instrument that ...

Professional book reviewers are an endangered species—but not at the Washington Monthly. The Monthly’s Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing is the nation’s only journalism prize ...

Buried beneath a stack of papers, dangling at the bottom of the priority list, obscured in the shadows, hidden in plain sight. This is the book review, so ubiquitous to the academic enterprise that it ...