Geoffrey Nunberg,"James Gleick's History of Information," NYT, 18 March, reviews James Gleick's The Information: A History. A Theory. A Flood.

Michael S. Roth reviews Leonard Barkan's Michelangelo: A Life on Paper for the Washington Post, 19 March.

Richard Conniff,"What the Luddites Really Fought Against," Smithsonian, March, reminds us that it wasn't technology per se.

David Blackbourn reviews Jonathan Steinberg's Birmarck: A Life for the Guardian, 19 March.

Holland Cotter,"The Misunderstood Death of Modigliani," NYT, 18 March, reviews Meryle Secrest's Modigliani: A Life.