From Broke to Mixed to Scrubs to …
Screenwriter and memoirist Angela Nissel C’98
Paging Through Ireland
A book lover finally finds the time to read what she wants.
Preaching to the Converted
A guide for the faithful. My Life With the Saints.
Art of Appreciation
Prose portraits. Penn in Ink.
Briefly Noted
Sept|Oct 2006
Motherhood Is Not For Sissies
Mommy Wars. Reports from the front
Briefly Noted
Jul|Aug 2006
The Sage of Slang
Tom Dalzell C’71
Continental Drift
In his latest work, an atlas of North American English, Penn sociolinguist Bill Labov shows that we are talking more differently from one another.
Bargain Now, Blush Later
Book tells brides how to bargain without blushing
Penn’s Most Dangerous Minds?
Penn’s “tenured radicals”?
Eyes on the Prizes
The Economy of Prestige. Rise of the prize
Rapid Response: Conference and Book Address Preparing for the Next Katrina
Learning Katrina’s lessons
The Original Stylistics
The Sun King’s real legacy.
Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2006
Scholars Clash Over Book Acknowledgements
“Conceptual plagiarism” charged in sociologists’ dispute
When Something Seems Missing
The challenges and rewards of raising an autistic child.
Bullish Behavior
Are Wharton cutthroats the exception or the rule?
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2006
Taste
The wine advocate and his empire.
Zen and the Art of Judaism Maintenance
A literary rabbi meditates on life, consciousness, emptiness, and leave-taking.
True Love
A Love Like No Other. Adoption stories.
Living Between the Lines
When books and life intersect.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2005