New issue received from: THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS (vol. LVII, no. 7. April 29-May 12, 2010)
Summary of this issue:
*My Times in Black and White: Race and Power at the New York Times by Anne Innis Dagg. Russell Baker
*Health Care: After the Victory, What?. Michael Tomsky
*The Social Behavior of Older Animals by Anne Innis Dagg; Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity by GA Bradshaw; Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson; The Hidden Life of Deer by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Tim Flannery
*Thoughts on Autobiography from an Abandoned Autobiography. Janet malcolm
*III Fares the Land. Tony Judt
*The Nose still operates by Dimitri Shostakovich, directed by William Kentridge, at the Metropolitan Opera; William Kentridge: Five Themes an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Catalog of the exhibition edited by Mark Rosenthal. Geoffrey O'Brien
*Blooms of Darkness by Aharon Appelfeld. Ian buruma
*Pounce. rebecca west
*How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities by John Cassidy; IOU: Why Everyone Owes and No One Can Pay by John Lanchester. Benjamin M. Friedman
*The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis. Dan Chiasson
*Israel and its Army: From Cohesion to Confusion by Stuart A. Cohen; Soldiers´ Testimonies from Operation Cast Lead, Gaza 2009 by Breaking the Silence; Israel's Religious Right and the Question of Settlements a report by the International Crisis Group; Israel's Materialist Militarism by Yagil Levy. Eyal Press
*Early Novels and Stories byWilliam Maxwell; Later Novels and Stories by William Maxwell. Edward Mendelson
*2010: The Whitney Biennial an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; Catalog of the exhibition edited by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Muryari; Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection an exhibition at the New Museum, New York City; Catalog of the exhibition by Jarrett Gregory and Farah Valdez. sanford schwartz
*Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century by Masha Gessen. john allen paulos
*Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery byEric Ives; Fires of Faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor by Eamon Duffy. Blair Wooden
*Knickerbocker: The Myth Behind New York by Elizabeth L. Bradley. Christopher Benfey
*An Open Letter about ALS. Tony Judt
*The Foundation Pit by Andrey Platonov Soul and Other Stories by Andrey Platonov. orlando
*The War that Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad before the Trojan War by Caroline Alexander; The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika Edited by Robert B. Strassler. G. W. Bowersock
*Censorign an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour. Claire messud
*How to End the War in Afghanistan. David Milband
*'The “Desvasting” Decision': An Exchange with Floyd Abrams. Ronald dworkin
*Letters from Monique Canto-Sperber, Tony Judt, Philip Breeden, Martin Filler, and Michael Tomasky
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