Briefly Noted
Sep|Oct 2022
Crossing Borders
For Efrén Olivares, whose childhood was split between Texas and Mexico, the push to reform US immigration policies and practices is both a marathon and a sprint. He shares his story of legal battles and personal struggles in an emotional new memoir, My Boy Will Die of Sorrow.
Briefly Noted
July|Aug 2022
Marble Dignity, Hollow Soul
Allen Guelzo’s biography of Robert E. Lee depicts the Confederate general as a “complicated rather than complex person.”
Tales of Havoc
Sara Manning Peskin takes readers on a harrowing journey through the “hijacked brain.”
Shattered and Torn
In a new book, Dorothy Roberts extends her landmark critique of the US child welfare system.
Crime on the Half Shell
Killing and comfort in Barbara Ross CW’75’s “cozy” mysteries.
Reconstructing America’s Story
Kermit Roosevelt launches a provocative interpretation of the Declaration of Independence.
Harlan and Harlan
A Gilded Age Supreme Court justice and his Black half-brother.
Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2022
RBG’s Women
Nadine Epstein C’78 G’78 and RBG wrote a book about inspiring women.
Constitution, Revised
Thomas Jefferson thought every generation should change the nation’s fundamental law. A new book imagines how that might have played out.
How to Help
“Your daughter’s goal is to become a survivor.”
Gridiron Nostalgia
New book traces Penn football’s Ivy highs and lows.
Delayed Exposure
Revealing biography. Vivian Maier Developed.
A Spiral of Injustice
Marc Bookman C’78 wants to kill the death penalty.