This spring, the University of Chicago Press will proudly publish True-Love: Essays on Poetry and Valuing by revered poet-critic Allen Grossman. In advance of this
The latest issue of ArtForum magazine contains an interesting review of Lynn Spigel’s new book, TV by Design: Modern Art and the Rise of Network
NPR aired a story last week about the impending destruction of Shanghai’s Little Vienna, a Jewish neighborhood that arose in the 1930s as almost 20,000
The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University recently hosted a very engaging discussion between David Brooks and E.J. Dionne on
As the cacophonous celebrations of Darwin’s bicentenary wind down, another important, though less well known, evolutionary theorist celebrates a milestone birthday. Today marks the 175th
Offering a tale of passion, vivacity, and beauty appropriate for some Valentines weekend reading, Shirley Hazzard’s new book The Ancient Shore: Dispatches from Naples eloquently
As Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday is celebrated everywhere from Illinois to Australia, Barry Schwartz’s Abraham Lincoln in the Post-Heroic Era takes on a special resonance.
George W. Bush has just left office in the midst of widespread public disapproval. But how will his presidency be viewed decades from now? It’s
The second week of February offers much to celebrate for the presidential historians and evolution scholars among us. But, in addition to marking the bicentennial
Nigel Beale, author of the Nota Bene Books blog, recently posted the audio from an interesting interview he conducted with the press’s publicity manager, Levi
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