Among the South Africans by Dan Jacobson THE FLIGHT. On the plane from London to Johannesburg there were no fewer than two relations of mine, neither of…
Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters, edited by Linda Gray Sexton and Lois Ames by Dorothy Rabinowitz IN THE fall of 1974 Anne Sexton committed suicide by asphyxiating herself in the garage of her home in Weston,…
Does Performance Matter? by Samuel Lipman IT IS a commonplace idea that performance is of great importance in the communication of serious music.
Image Before My Eyes, by Lucjan Dobroszycki and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett; An Illustrated Sourcebook on the Holocaust, by Zo by Ruth R. Wisse WHEN the Book of Lamentations of our time is composed, it may well take the form of RUTH R. WISSE…
Modernism, the Germans & the Jews by Robert Alter THE modern historical fate of Jews among the German-speaking peoples is a continuing source of puzzlement, wonder, and brooding reflection.
One L, by Scott Turow by Commentary Bk THE majestic reputation of the Harvard Law School is built in part on fancy and in part on fact; it…
Our Children’s Crippled Future, by Frank E. Armbruster with Paul Bracken by Paul Gagnon THAT this flawed, badly-written book must be judged useful to our understanding of American education is a sign of how…
Politics and Amnesty International by Stephen Miller AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is an independent human-rights organization which issues regular reports on violations of human rights throughout the world and…
The Cop Who Would Be King, by Joseph R. Daughen and Peter Binzen by Murray Friedman FRANK RIzzo, the son of an Italian immigrant, never finished high school. Like his father, he became a policeman, and…
The Middle East: For a Separate Peace by Robert C. Tucker SELDOM HAS a diplomatic move been subjected to as much speculation as Anwar Sadat's initiative in going to Jerusalem.
The Vast Majority, by Michael Harrington by Michael Ledeen IN The Vast Majority, Michael Harrington, who is identified on the book's jacket as "the most eminent social critic, activist,…
