An Elegy for Cemeteries
A book on the rise and fall of American cemeteries....
Faith in Place: Isaac Bashevis Singer in Israel
Isaac Bashevis Singer visits Israel....
“Let’s Strengthen Our Community”: Lucy Jones on the Big SoCal Shakeout
A prominent seismologist on how SoCal can prepare for the next big one....
The Court’s Supreme Injustice
Allen Mendenhall passes judgment on “Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court” by Paul Finkelman....
The Serial Killer as a Marketing Genius
Tom Zoellner on the Zodiac Killer and the man who's still searching for him....
There Will Always Be More “Angels”
Harrison Hill reviews “The World Only Spins Forward,” a collection of interviews and reflections on Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America.”...
The Insistence of Memory
Dispatches from the unquiet massacre zones of Sri Lanka and Rwanda....
A Silver Thread: Islam in Eastern Europe
Jacob Mikanowski traces the silver thread of Islam in the tapestry of Eastern European culture....
“Creating the Historiography”: An Interview with Curator-Filmmaker Shola Lynch
Leon Hendrix talks to filmmaker Shola Lynch about her past projects and her work at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture....
Human Rights Lawyers — A Stalwart Breed
Mark Ellis reviews Michael Sfard's "The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human."...
The EU on a Shoestring
How young backpackers remade the social landscape of postwar Europe....
Ruffled Feathers; or, Fowl Play at the Tring Estate
“The Feather Thief” reminded me of that long list of TV shows about male sub-cultures with their own sub-ethics, from “The Sopranos” through “Breaking Bad.”...
