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“Confessions of a Darwinist”

By Kevin Morrissey

February 12, 2006

In celebration of today being Darwin Day, we’re offering a sneak peek of an essay by Niles Eldredge (“Confessions of a Darwinist”) from our forthcoming Spring issue which features a portfolio of essays on Darwin, evolution, and intelligent desi [...]

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Deborah Eisenberg, Superhero

By Eleanor Henderson

February 12, 2006

Deborah Eisenberg—UVA professor, Rea Award winner, and contributor to the winter issue of VQR—receives staggeringly good reviews for her new story collection, Twilight of the Superheroes, in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Village Voic [...]

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Nancy Milford on Memoir

By Ted Genoways

February 12, 2006

I somehow missed Nancy Milford’s excellent essay on the “false memoir” until today. Maybe everybody else has already read this, but in case you haven’t, check it out. It’s the most thoughtful and intelligent essay I’ve read on the whole J [...]

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Nobody’s Fool

By Ted Genoways

February 11, 2006

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo has devised a novel plan to raise money for the Community School in his hometown of Camden, Maine. It seems Camden is facing a $79,000 budget shortfall (somebody has to pay for those tax cuts, right?), so R [...]

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Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq

By Ted Genoways

February 11, 2006

Read Paul R. Pillar’s article, “Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq,” on the Foreign Affairs website. Pillar’s article is going to be excerpted, spun, and debated into the ground in the coming week. Thanks to the editors of Foreign Affa [...]

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The Seahawks Are Bad Poets, Too

By Ted Genoways

February 9, 2006

Kerry Carter, former back-up running back for the Seattle Seahawks, has found something to fill his idle hours since being cut by the team before this season. He’s been writing poetry. This must-have gift for the Seahawks fan on your Valentine’s [...]

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The View From Africa Tour

By The Editors

February 3, 2006

Africa is too large and diverse for generalizations. It has 54 nations, 5 time zones, at least 7 climates, more than 800 million people, and, according to the latest diligent research, maybe 14 million proverbs. This series of talks and readings seek [...]

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Thailand upset over Yale UP Book

By Kevin Morrissey

February 3, 2006

Inside Higher Ed reports that Thailand, upset over a forthcoming critical biography of President Bhumibol Adulyadej, has blocked access in the country to Yale University Press’s website: In Thailand, the assistant minister of information and com [...]

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Spiegelman on KCRW’s Bookworm

By Kevin Morrissey

February 2, 2006

From Shelf Awareness, VQR contributor Art Spiegelman will be the guest today on KCRW’s Bookworm, along with John Carlin, curator of the “Masters of American Comics” exhibit currently running at the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA. Spiegelman i [...]

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