Books
Digging Beneath Tofu and Art
Bulimia, tofu, and Anne Frank are among the disparate subjects up for discussion in “Cleopatra’s Nose,” a collection of 20
From ‘Wright’ to Wealth: An Oil Heiress Tells Her Tale
Swanee Hunt’s “Half-Life of a Zealot” is written in the illustrious tradition of self-indulgent, self-congratulatory autobiography, but the book is
Hank Makes a Stunning Debut
Adolescence can be particularly trying, though not half as trying as reading about it. Numerous flawed coming-of-age tales litter bargain
This is a story about revenge
In March of 1986, Laura Blumenfeld ’86-87 was a junior in Quincy when she received an unexpected phone call from
Excerpts From an Interview With Author of 'Hank'
From 1991-2001, Arch Montgomery was the Headmaster for the Gilman School, Baltimore’s prestigious boys academy. THC: How did you get
Ben Franklin? Sexy? Brands Remakes Biography
There’s a phenomenon in America that’s almost as shocking as discovering that Ben Franklin really did discover electricity by flying
Life, the Universe, and Everything
One might expect a book called The Question of God to answer its title question. Yet Dr. Armand M. Nicholi,
Understanding “Asianization”
“Everybody is Kung Fu Fighting!” exclaims the publicity flyer for Warren I. Cohen’s The Asian American Century. The book tries
It's All Greek to Stallings
It may seem odd that A.E. Stallings, who by many accounts is one of America’s best young poets, resides in
Coming of Age in Birmingham, England
In The Rotters’ Club, Jonathan Coe presents a vivid and telling portrait of Birmingham, England in the 1970s. Focusing primarily
Notable American Man
Ben Marcus, a writing instructor at Columbia University and author of a collection of short stories (The Age of Wire
Crowley: Lost in Translation
The exiled Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov once wrote that Lolita was the record of his love affair with the English
A History of Life
Tucked away in the Museum of Comparative Zoology is the labyrinthine office of Stephen Jay Gould, Alexander Agassiz Professor of
The Sins of the Fathers
Despite its ghastly title—it made me expect a B-rated thriller—Bad Blood offers an interesting, though not engrossing, view into one
In Möring’s Masterful Novella, Boys Do Cry
Twelve-year-olds can be pretty remarkable creatures. Something about the in-betweeness of their age fosters an understanding of the world that
Virginia Woolf’s Beautiful Mind
In Virginia Woolf: Becoming a Writer, psychologist Katherine Dalsimer explores the relationship between mental illness and artistic genius by putting
What We Already Knew About Girls
In The Secret Lives of Girls, Sharon Lamb urges her readers to reevaluate what they consider to be “normal.” In
Porn Free: Talking To Andrea Dworkin
When Andrea Dworkin speaks, her voice quivers with the fervor of reckoning. “Women,” she says, a hand clutched to her
The Long Journey Home
John L. Ashbery ’49, Jamaica Kincaid and Salman Rushdie, three of the greatest writers of our time, shared the stage
Beyond the Clichés of Colonialism
Pull back the saris on the cover of Bharati Mukherjee’s Desirable Daughters and enter an unknown world. The book is
The Politics of Islamic Terrorism
This past week marked the six-month anniversary of the world’s being turned upside down by the epic terrorist attacks on
A Languorous, Lakeside Tale
The glass flowers at the Peabody Museum could not have been crafted with a more deliberate delicacy than the lilting
The Psychiatric Soul Train
Nearly a decade ago, psychiatrist Peter Kramer made a big splash with his controversial “Listening to Prozac.” Through descriptions of
Blinded By Science
Scientists aim to save and prolong life with their honorable quests, from curing cancer to encouraging Americans to eat less