Wednesday, January 25, 2017

THE WOMAN MOST LIKELY TO OPERATE BEHIND THE SCENES

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Labyrinths: Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl, and the Early Years of Psychoanalysis by Catrine Clay - Harper (2016) Writing about t...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

THE PEASANT MOST LIKELY TO EVOLVE INTO A MANICHAEAN MESSIAH

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Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs by Douglas Smith - Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2016) *This post is dedicate...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

A BRIEF INTERMISSION

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Dear readers, relatives, Mom... I am taking a brief holiday from the blog this week--my first since embarking upon this rewarding project!...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017

THE WOMAN MOST LIKELY TO TURN 'ONE MAN'S TRASH' INTO THE NEXT BIG THING

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Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose - Yale University Press (2015) I absorb history like a parched sponge...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

THE PLAYWRIGHT MOST LIKELY TO ARTICULATE PRESSING CULTURAL ANXIETIES

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The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro - Simon & Schuster (2016) I am always hesitant to read literary works a...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

THE LIBERTINE MOST LIKELY TO FALL IN LOVE

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Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius by Laurence Bergreen - Simon & Schuster (2016) How many times does the average person...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

THE OUTCAST MOST LIKELY TO FOUND AN EMPIRE

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Genghis Khan and the Quest for God by Jack Weatherford - Viking (2016) Not many of us can claim to have established an empire. The...