John Berendt,"How We R.I.P.," Washington Post, 15 June, reviews Marilyn Yalom's The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.

James A. Miller reviews Paula Giddings's new biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Ida: A Sword Among Lions, for the Boston Globe, 11 June.

Will Blythe,"Agee Unfettered," NYT, 15 June, looks at a new, critical edition of James Agee's A Death in the Family.

Sue Kovach Shuman,"Road Trip!" Washington Post, 15 June, reviews Susan Sessions Rugh's Are We There Yet? The Golden Age of American Family Vacations.