Jon Meacham

In honor of Arab American Heritage Month in April, we are sharing books by Arab and Arab American authors that share their culture, history, and personal lives.

For National Poetry Month in April, we are sharing poetry collections and books about poetry by authors who have their own stories to tell. These poets delve into history, reimagine the present, examine poetry itself—from traditional poems many know and love to poems and voices that are new and original.

The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.   It was the boldest of claims. “The cause of America,” Thomas Paine would write in

Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the United States Constitution on September 17th, 1787. This collection of titles provides insight into how the Constitution has been amended and utilized to define the basic rights of United States citizens and highlights the cases and people who fought for those rights.