Cagney and Lacey by Raina Lipsitz
Peter Ibbetson
Cagney and Lacey first aired on network television in 1981, after the unexpected success of a made-for-TV movie by the same name inspired CBS to take a chance on a…
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Aldous Huxley: A Biography book by Nicholas Murray reviewed by Michael Obernauer
Review Provided by SNDA Online. In a 1952 interview with the New York Herald Tribune, Aldous Huxley described himself as “an essayist who sometimes writes novels and biographies.” “I know…
God’s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible book by Adam Nicolson reviewed by Paul Gleason
Very little is known about the making of the King James Bible. Few primary sources remain to give a glimpse into the formation of one of the most famous pieces…
The Pleasure of My Company book by Steve Martin reviewed by Katherine Stevens
Comedian Steve Martin follows his successful, but less than noteworthy first novel “Shopgirl” with his highly entertaining “The Pleasure of my Company.” Any one who has seen “As Good as…
The Bronte Myth book by Lucasta Miller reviewed by Julia Wallace
Very little is known about the making of the King James Bible. Few primary sources remain to give a glimpse into the formation of one of the most famous pieces…
She Is Me book by Catthleen Schine reviewed by Juliet Lapidos
Cathleen Schine’s latest novel, She is Me, borrows its title from arguably the most celebrated statement on inspiration. When asked about his model for Madame Bovary, Gustav Flaubert famously said,…
Letter to an Undergraduate from Christy Anderson
Christy Anderson is an associate professor of History of Art. Her publications include Inigo Jones and the Classical Tradition and The Built Surface: Architecture and Pictures. She is currently writing…
Shipwreck by Louis Begley, reviewed by Russell Brandom
Shipwreck by Louis Begley Knopf, 256 pp, $23.00 reviewed by Russell Brandom Shipwreck is a deceptively simple novel, and it relishes in the fact that it is telling a very…
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Dudley Andrew Professor of Comparative Literature, Co-Chair & DGS of the Film Studies Program I’m such a follower when it comes to “free range reading.” It was Dick Brodhead– as…
Living to Tell the Tale book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez reviewed by Meredith Garagiola
Review provided by Soccer ABC. Over lunch with his father, a twenty something Gabriel García Márquez was discussing the difficulty many writers have in writing their memoirs when they can…