Double Images
Discovering the “nature of me.”
Reconsidering the 1930s
Peter Conn on the not-so-“red decade”
Notes from the Velvet Underground
A new book chronicles the performances, recording sessions, and reviews of the seminal Sixties band.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2009
The Doctor Is In—And Now She’s Listening
Dr. Marie Savard Nu’70 GrNu’72 M’76
Notes on a Revolution
The music, in words, of the late George Rochberg.
From our Contributors
New work by our contributors
Battle Lines Being Drawn
A new book on hip-hop gives context to the L.A. scene.
Briefly Noted
Sep|Oct 2009
Monkey Business
Eileen Christelow C’65
Sunrise in Philadelphia
On a crisp September day, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention gathered to sign the document they’d hammered out over the long, hot summer of 1787, flaws and all. An excerpt from Plain, Honest Men by History Professor Richard Beeman. Plus: An interview with the author.
Your Invincible Defeat
When our parents become our children.
Briefly Noted
Jul|Aug 2009
Reader, Have You No Spine?
How books are different from the Web
When Harry Met Trooper Stampler
Pull over. Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure
The Vital Thread of Tom Sugrue
In The Origins of the Urban Crisis and now Sweet Land of Liberty, Penn historian Thomas Sugrue has shattered the conventional narrative about the struggle for Civil Rights in this country. The new book was published on the same day a black man was elected president; still, says Sugrue, “We’ve got a lot of overcoming to do.”
Every Day They Write the Book
Three Penn alumnae help each other breathe new life into old chick-lit forms.
Vigor and Compassion
Role models for Muslim girls, and others.
On the Road with the Father of History and Lies
Justin Marozzi G’95 on The Way of Herodotus
Open Treasure
Penn’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library has a message for students, alumni, and book lovers everywhere. Online or on campus, come up and see us sometime!
Down With Jefferson, Up With Grant?
Rethinking presidential rankings
We Are Here
A new anthology series preserves the year’s best African American writing.
Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2009
Windows on Other Worlds
Two exhibitions and a new book of images by a physician-turned-photographer.