The Unusual Suspects
A new book celebrates the sketchy offspring of Penn’s macabre master.
Separation Anxiety
A new book untangles the legal arguments and unintended consequences of Church v. State.
Briefly Noted
Jul|Aug 2010
Paul Provenza, the Comedian’s Comedian
… on his new book and TV show.
The Beast in the Mirror
Two books examine the ethical issues of our relationship with animals.
Seeking the Many Styles of Philadelphia
Styles of the city. Philadelphia Originals
Briefly Noted
May|Jun 2010
The Power of Choice
Sheena Iyengar W’92 C’92
Architecture of Madness
Chris Payne GAr’96’s photographs evoke the vanished world of state mental hospitals, where inmates could be both “mad and safe.”
Slouching Towards Elegance
In her new book, Trustee Professor of French Joan DeJean counts the many ways—from padded sofas, to “casual” clothing, to flush toilets—that France taught the world how to make itself comfortable.
Not Your Typical Pop-up Book
Works in paper. Pop Up Architecture
Ready, Aim, Speak!
Essays on the challenges of protecting free speech in dangerous times.
Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2010
Steeped in Tea
Professor of Chinese Language and Literature Victor Mair spent years immersing himself in tea lore. His new book gives a fresh infusion of history to a venerable subject.
Self Disclosures
A new book explores the well-populated landscape of Memoir.
Pain Without Meaning
Memories of the mother of all headaches.
Indelible
Force of memory.
Negotiating Istanbul
Istanbul to West Philadelphia.
“Now You See”
An accidental family.
Memoirabilia
Special Focus: Memoir
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