The Believer’s Brain
A review of The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life, by Lisa Miller.
Supreme Jurist
Jonathan Leaf reviews John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court, by Richard Brookhiser.
A Wrong Turn for Drama
Much of it reads like “automatic writing”: words randomly assembled.
Reconsidering August Wilson
The film adaptation of August Wilson’s Fences, which is now in theaters, has brought its late author some well-deserved new accolades.
Huddled Masses
What are the effects on families of living in a city of skyscrapers?
Holding Up a Mirror
People know 18th-century London more from Hogarth’s drawings than from the work of any novelist. Indeed, the titles of his best-known picture series — “A Rake’s Progress” and “Gin Lane” ...