Negro Leagues: An Introduction
An introduction to the Negro Leagues and the AASC.
In The News: The Great Risk Shift
News and The Great Risk Shift.
A project in a nutshell
The Oxford Eytmologist is at it again…
Staten Island
Ben’s Place of the Week
Ben’s Place of the Week is Staten Island.
Gordon Corera Talks to Dina Khan
Gordon Corera, author of Shopping for Bombs, has written about Dina Khan’s first statement since her father AQ Khan’s arrest in 2004. AQ Khan, a man dubbed by former CIA director George Tenet as being “at least as dangerous as Osama Bin Laden,” is known as the “Father of the Bomb” in Pakistan.
Take the Economic Risk Test
The economic risk test.
An Excerpt from The New American Militarism
An excerpt from The New American Militarism.
Some Questions for Jacob Hacker
Jacob Hacker answers some questions for OUP.
A Lesson for Yom Kippur
The Cottage of Candles
A lesson for Yom Kippur from The Tree of Souls.
Hank Greenberg and Yom Kippur
A poem is excerpted from the book Jews in America by Hasia R. Diner. It recounts the tale of Hank Greenberg, a baseball legend, who put his religion before baseball when he went to synagogue instead of playing the Yankees in 1934.
Excerpt from The New Faces of Christianity
An excerpt from Philip Jenkins new book, The New Faces of Christianity.
September gleanings: macabre, gully & gulch
Some time ago I received a question about the word macabre. This adjective first appeared in Old French, in the phrase dancemacabre. The story begins with the fresco of the Dance Macabre, painted in 1424 in the Church of Innocents at Paris. The English poet and monk John Lydgate knew the fresco.
A Few Questions for Rosanna Hertz
OUP author Rosanna Hertz answers some questions about her new book, Single By Chance, Mothers By Choice.
Santa Cruz
Ben’s Place of the Week
Ben’s Place of the week is Santa Cruz, California.
Inside Man: Revival of the Heist Movie?
OUP author Nicole Rafter weighs in on The Inside Man and heist films in general.
Women in Literature: Gwendolyn Brooks
A profile of Gwendolyn Brooks.