Jan 31 2008
Books of The Times: Fleecing the Sheep, Who Keep Coming Back for More
John R. Brinkley was much more than just a mere medical quack, and his bizarre story is told with uproarious brio in Pope Brock?s heavenly book.
Archive for the 'books' Category
Jan 30 2008
Economists Dissect the ?Yuck? Factor
People don?t pay enough attention to how repugnance affects decisions about what can be bought and sold, asserts an economist at Harvard University.
Jan 30 2008
New Literary Program to Make Its Home Online
Daniel Menaker, who left his post as executive editor in chief of the Random House Publishing Group in June, is moving online in March to be the host of a new Web-based book show.
Jan 30 2008
Horror: Doesn?t Scare Easily
Joe Hill has clearly given a fair amount of hard thought to the problematics of horror. Also: reviews of new horror stories from Laird Barron, Clive Barker and John Shirley.
Jan 29 2008
Books Of the Times: A Long Surrender: The Guerrilla War After the Civil War
This impassioned account of Southern resistance to Reconstruction reminds us that while the North won the Civil War in 1865, the peace would be lost, done in by Southern intransigence and Northern apathy.
Jan 29 2008
If You Can?t Win the Case, Buy an Election and Get Your Own Judge
?The Appeal? is John Grisham?s handy primer on a timely subject: how to rig an election.
Jan 28 2008
Books of The Times: She?s Crazy, He?s Macho: Reader, It?s Love
Russell Banks?s new novel bears less resemblance to any of his gritty, visionary epics than it does to a melodramatic B movie from the 1940s.
Jan 28 2008
Essay: In the Heart of the Heart of Conspiracy
A full-throated (and heavily footnoted) defense of Joe McCarthy is getting attention on the right.
Jan 28 2008
Il Miglior Fabbro
This biography covers Ezra Pound?s years as a London editor and sharp-eyed talent scout.