Reviews

Elizabeth Stice 12/12/24 Elizabeth Stice 12/12/24

Islands in the Stream

Joel Tannenbaum reviews Streaming Music, Streaming Capitalism (Duke, 2024) by Eric Drott, Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable (Duke, 2024) by Rob Drew, and High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape (Univ. North Carolina, 2023) by Marc Masters.

Elizabeth Stice 12/10/24 Elizabeth Stice 12/10/24

This scepter’d isle… England that was wont to conquer others

Elizabeth Stice reviews Imperial Island: An Alternative History of the British Empire by Charlotte Lydia Riley (Harvard University Press, 2024)

Elizabeth Stice 12/3/24 Elizabeth Stice 12/3/24

Indigenous Languages, History, and Accepting People for Who They Are: The Case of Squanto

Matthew Sparacio reviews Squanto: A Native Odyssey by Andrew Lipman (Yale University Press, 2024)

Elizabeth Stice 11/28/24 Elizabeth Stice 11/28/24

Thanksgiving: books we’re thankful for

Elizabeth Stice 11/26/24 Elizabeth Stice 11/26/24

Atomic Love

Sarah Selden reviews Held by Anne Michaels (Penguin Random House, 2024)

Elizabeth Stice 11/19/24 Elizabeth Stice 11/19/24

The Best of All Possible Biographies?

Elizabeth Stice reviews The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Life of Leibniz in Seven Pivotal Days by Michael Kempe (W.W. Norton & Co., 2024)

Elizabeth Stice 11/14/24 Elizabeth Stice 11/14/24

Just Read It?

Elizabeth Stice reviews After all, there is No Finish Line by Actual Source Books (2024)

Elizabeth Stice 11/12/24 Elizabeth Stice 11/12/24

The Trees that Outlast and Tending One's Own Garden in Elizabeth Gonzalez James's The Bullet Swallower

Brody Eldridge reviews The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James (Simon & Schuster, 2024)

Elizabeth Stice 11/7/24 Elizabeth Stice 11/7/24

Mofro, Olustee, and the Blues of Lost Places

Tom Chesnes reviews the new album Olustee by JJ Grey and Mofro (2024)

Elizabeth Stice 11/5/24 Elizabeth Stice 11/5/24

The Worst Journey in the World: Now Illustrated

Elizabeth Stice reviews The Worst Journey in the World: The Graphic Novel. Volume 1: Making Our Easting Down Graphic Novel adapted by Sarah Airress adapted from the book by Apsley Cherry-Garrard (Letter Better Publishing, 2024)

Elizabeth Stice 10/31/24 Elizabeth Stice 10/31/24

Coming Back to You: Mark Kinzer’s Jewish Christian Scriptures

Michael Jimenez reviews Stones the Builders Rejected: The Jewish Jesus, His Jewish Disciples, and the Culmination of History by Mark S. Kinzer (Cascade, 2024)

Elizabeth Stice 10/29/24 Elizabeth Stice 10/29/24

Healthy Otters, Healthy Planet

Sam Wilber reviews Otter Country: An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World by Miriam Darlington (Tin House, 2024)

Elizabeth Stice 10/24/24 Elizabeth Stice 10/24/24

The Book Twain Couldn’t Write

Sarah Selden reviews Percival Everett's James (Doubleday, 2024)

Elizabeth Stice 10/23/24 Elizabeth Stice 10/23/24

The Why of Us

Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Stice explains why a review is a valuable thing and why Belinsky is our best example of a critic.

Elizabeth Stice 10/15/24 Elizabeth Stice 10/15/24

Fall break

Elizabeth Stice 10/10/24 Elizabeth Stice 10/10/24

The Right Temperament: Leadership Lessons from George C. Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Elizabeth Stice reviews The Making of a Leader: The Formative Years of George C. Marshall by Josiah Bunting III (Knopf, 2024) and Becoming Eisenhower: How He Rose From Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander by Michael Lee Lanning (Stackpole Books, 2024)