Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2016
Eighteen Wheel Blues
Sociology’s Steve Viscelli on life as a long-haul trucker.
Living Color
William Ferris G’67 Gr’69’s “visual journal” of the South.
Briefly Noted
Sept|Oct 2016
Fifty Shades of Grit
Q&A with Grit author and psych professor Angela Duckworth Gr’06.
You Don’t Know Jack (Kerouac)
The long road to finding and translating Kerouac’s French writings.
Bedtime Stories for the Aging
Arlene Heyman M’73’s Scary Old Sex.
Digging Up Deuteronomy
Pre-Biblical quest. The Lost Book of Moses.
Briefly Noted
July|Aug 2016
When Harry Met Arthur
Lawrence Haas C’78 tells how Harry & Arthur created the Free World.
A People’s History of ENIAC
New book on ENIAC emphasizes machine’s operations—and operators.
Ghosts of Segregation
Barren campus. Without Regard to Sex, Race, or Color.
When the Answer Is C) None of the Above
“Middlesex meets Mean Girls” in YA novel None of the Above.
An Ethnographer Among the Hyenas
Q&A on sociologist David Grazian’s American Zoo.
Briefly Noted
March|April 2016
That Roosevelt
Penn Law professor, legal scholar, and novelist Kermit Roosevelt III is doing his best to live up to the family name—including, in his latest book, by tackling cousin Franklin’s executive order authorizing the confinement of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II.
Having It All and Keeping It Too
Lisa Green C’82’s legal guide for women, On Your Case.
Century of the Sphinx
A big book on the Penn Museum’s “Colossal Sphinx.”
Building Blocks
A talk with the authors of Becoming Penn, which traces the University’s development over the tumultuous half-century from the Cold War to the Millennium.
When the Going Gets Weird, Start Mixing Drinks
Novel take on Hunter S. Thompson. Gonzo Girl.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2015
Briefly Noted
Sept|Oct 2015
Crimes of Punishment
Q&A: Marie Gottschalk on America’s sky-high incarceration rate.
Politics and Poetry in Kashmir
English Professor Suvir Kaul on Kashmir’s rich poetry and tragic politics.