How Gardens Grow
What happens to us when we walk through a garden.
Mr. Magoo’s Visionaries
The chronicler of a remarkable Hollywood studio talks about the animated characters—real and drawn—that populate his new book.
So Much Still Depends
A new biography of William Carlos Williams approaches the man and his work from some odd angles.
Briefly Noted
Jul|Aug 2012
The Relativity of Ordinary
A new biography of two eminent scientists is much more than that.
Briefly Noted
May|Jun 2012
The Rowing Chronicles
Peter Mallory C’67
The Healing Game
What happens when a physician won’t let go.
A Dog’s Life (Gourmet Division)
Fine dining for Fido. The Culinary Canine
Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2012
The Trumpet of the Swan
Revisiting a book that marked the end of one life and the beginning of another.
The Dark Forest
The Third Reich, seen through the eyes of the American
ambassador and his family.
Transience Preserved
Essence of a place. Lost Worlds
Some Words for Nixon
In an excerpt from his new memoir, Speechwright, William Gavin ASC’62 looks back at his time as a speechwriter for Richard Nixon, the first of several high-profile political figures he served.
Phantom at Fifty
Norton Juster Ar’52’s The Phantom Tollbooth turns 50
Diamonds in the Soul
Inside the medieval village known as the Diamond District.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2011
Negotiating for Nice Guys
Stuart Diamond WG’92 on Getting More
Between the Lines
A new biography examines the public and private lives of the great Brooklyn backstop Roy Campanella.
Briefly Noted
Sep|Oct 2011
Suggested Summer Reading: Part 2
From Penn's English Department.
Surprises Are Always the Best
Like her four previous books, Jennifer Egan C’85’s A Visit from the Goon Squad received generally stellar reviews. But it didn’t look like this resistant-to-summary novel-in-stories would catch on with the public—that is, until she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Historian of Collapse Eyes the Present Day
Collapse author: “Take environmental problems seriously.”
Some Senior Moments Are Brain Candy
Older scholars, new ideas.