Reviews
Reading Your Way Through Women’s History Month, Pt 1
We’re a week into Women’s History Month and people all over the internet are posting lists of good books about women’s history.* I am happily adding names to my To-Be-Read list, which is already so long that I may never work my way through it. But in the excitement of learning about new (or at…
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Dangerous Melodies
Several years ago, I reported on an excellent book about how pianist Van Cliburn’s victory at Russia’s first Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 helped change the course of the Cold War. It was a revelation, but I didn’t realize that the culture battles of the Cold War were only one example of the role that…
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Dorothy Sayers, Lord Peter Whimsey, and The Mutual Admiration Society
I am a long-time fan of Dorothy Sayers’ mystery novels. With the exception of The Nine Tailors,* I’ve read all of them many times. I would go so far as to say that her picture of educated women’s lives helped shape my image of the life I wanted. I was thrilled when I got a…
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