In Short
Peter Ibbetson
Mismatch: The Growing Gulf between Women and Men, by Andrew Hacker (Scribner; $25) Inequality in the boardroom and infidelity in the bedroom are complicating relationships between the sexes like never…
2013
Profs’ Picks What’s on the nightstands of Yale’s Professors
Amy Bloom Lecturer, English Department My summer reading ranged from the minor (the Robert Tannenbaum mysteries—with Butch Karp, the DA with the soul of a Jewish mother and his sexy,…
After book by Francine Prose reviewed by David Lau
They say it’s for your protection. First, it’s the increase in metal detectors. Then, the search and seizures. Random drug tests. Censored books. After the tragedy, you hear that it’s…
Any Human Heart: The Intimate Journals of Logan Mounstuart book by Arthur Phillips reviewed by Christopher Grobe
Those familiar with William Boyd’s past antics cannot help but approach his latest work, Any Human Heart, in a lighthearted manner. After all, this latest novel is inextricably linked to…
The Da Vinci Code book by Dan Brown reviewed by Marissa Ain
The latest art history mystery by Dan Brown is a fast-paced book that is hard to put down. With deliciously short chapters that usually end in cliff-hangers, The Da Vinci…
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix book by J.K. Rowling reviewed by Emma Pollack-Pelzner
A few weeks ago I mentioned to a group of friends that I was working on a review of the new Harry Potter book. Most of them scoffed and tittered,…
Samaritan book by Richard Price reviewed by Dan Mattingly
Read the first few pages of Samaritan, Richard Price’s latest epistle from the ghetto, and it’s clear Price wants this book to be a serious thriller. It begins with a…
East of Eden book by John Steinbeck reviewed by Jia Lynn Yang
The buzz on books this summer was all about the non-revelations of a former first lady who stuck by her philandering man and a kid wizard’s new adolescent angst. But…
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor book by Paul Farmer reviewed by Ramnath Subbaraman
Despite the remarkable advances in medical knowledge made during the 20th century, the health of the world’s poor has rarely been in such jeopardy. The global AIDS epidemic constitutes the…
The Language Police book by Diane Ravitch reviewed by Toby Merrill
In the aftermath of the Lacedaemonian revolution, Thucydides writes, “Words had to change their meanings and take on those which were now given them.” Diane Ravitch’s Language Police explores the…