Profs’ Picks
Peter Ibbetson
What’s on the nightstand of Yale’s Professors Dudley Andrew Professor of Comparative Literature, Co-Chair & DGS of the Film Studies Program I’m such a follower when it comes to “free…
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Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear book by Jim Steinmeyer reviewed by Kirsti Potter
The Magic Touch An insider explains the history of stage illusions From time to time, magic and its modern practitioners still steal into the spotlight—even without counting the wily tricks…
Rules of Engagement book by Anita Brookner reviewed by Jessica Wheeler
Playing by the Rules In her twenty-second novel, Anita Brookner stays true to form In response to Anita Brookner’s third novel, critic Caryn James referred to what had at that…