Letters Letters
Those were the days; it's not mutual; the school-to-prayer pipeline; bad good guys; Julia M. Klein replies…
Feb 11, 2015 / Our Readers and Julia M. Klein
Less Is More Less Is More
The dense details in Berlin’s memorial museums overwhelm the stories they try to tell.
Jan 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
Strange History Strange History
John Lahr’s biography of Tennessee William gets mired down in psychoanalysis.
Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
‘Think of Me With Joy’ ‘Think of Me With Joy’
The worlds of Sholem Aleichem.
Jan 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
An Organized Jumble An Organized Jumble
For all its postmodern flair, the revamped Benjamin Franklin Museum is surprisingly traditional and constrained.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique
For Betty Friedan, feminism was humanism: a question of growth, maturation and identity.
Mar 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
A Sex of One’s Own A Sex of One’s Own
Nature versus nurture was always too simple a formulation. Now, we ask: Is it chance, choice, family, culture, hormones or genes that determine who we are and whom we love?
Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
A Noodler’s Chicken Soup A Noodler’s Chicken Soup
On self-help books.
Feb 23, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein