16 posts tagged ‘Magazine / Books’
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
The New Yorker,
“Aflame,” “Only in America,” “Taiwan Travelogue,” and “Tasmania.”
“Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers,” Reviewed
Asher Wertheimer was a Jewish tycoon who asked John Singer Sargent to paint him. The results are strange, slippery—and some of the artist’s best work.
Hisham Matar’s Latest Novel Explores a Divided Soul
In “My Friends,” a Libyan expat in London struggles with his loyalties to friends, family, homeland, and his own ambitions.
Trials of the Witchy Women
Across seven centuries, women have been accused of witchcraft—but what that means often differs wildly, revealing the anxieties of each particular society.
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“Forgottenness,” “Baumgartner,” “The Genius of Their Age,” and “What the Taliban Told Me.”
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts,” “American Visions,” “The Vulnerables,” and “At Night He Lifts Weights.”
The Troubled History of the Espionage Act
The law, passed in a frenzy after the First World War, is a disaster. Why is it still on the books?
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“Correction,” “The Manuscripts Club,” “Treacle Walker,” and “The Berry Pickers.”