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Apr 27, 2011

More Noted Things




  • Garry Wills, "A Very Christlike Kiss'n'Tell," New Statesman, 20 April, is an extract from his most recent book, Augustine's Confessions: a Biography.
  • Nico Voigtländer and Hans Joachim Voth, "Medieval Origins Of Nazi Anti-Semitism," NYU/Economics, April, argues that high degrees of anti-Semitism in 14th century central Europe were strong predictors of anti-Semitism in 20th century in Germany.
  • In Richard White, "Fast Train to Nowhere," NYT, 23 April, the author of Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America celebrates reduced government subsidies for high-speed rail.
  • Peter Duffy, "The First Celebrity," The Book, 25 April, reviews Barbara and Michael Foster's A Dangerous Woman: The Lifes, Loves, and Scandals of Adah Isaacs Menken, America's Original Superstar.
  • Judith Flanders, "Song and Dance," TLS, 20 April, reviews Charlotte Greenspan's Pick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields and the American musical, Stephen Sondheim's Finishing the Hat: Collected lyrics (1954–1981), with attendant comments, principles, heresies, grudges, whines, and anecdotes, and Larry Stempel's Showtime: A history of the Broadway musical theater.
  • Ian Bostridge, "The ‘very particular' relationships of Lennox Berkeley and Benjamin Britten," TLS, 20 April, reviews Tony Scotland's Lennox and Freda and Philip Reed and Mervyn Cooke, eds., Letters from a Life: The selected letters of Benjamin Britten, Volume Five 1958–1963.
  • Rick Perlstein, "Inside The GOP's Fact-Free Nation," Mother Jones, May/June, argues that lying's been on the increase among Republicans.
  • Michael Kazin, "The Trouble With Independents," TNR, 26 April, argues that American Independent voters may hold the balance of power, but may also stand for nothing.


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