Free Beacon
Joseph Bottum
Understanding the Hillbilly Shakespeare
Review: Mark Ribowsky, 'Hank: The Short Life and Long Country Road of Hank Williams'
December 17, 2016
The Boob Tube
Review: David Bianculli, 'The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific'
December 10, 2016
The Third Great American Songbook
Review: Marc Myers, ‘Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop’
November 26, 2016
Jane Jacobs' Long Shadow
Review: Robert Kanigel, 'Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs;' Samuel Zipp and Nathan Storring (eds.), 'Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs'
November 19, 2016
The Progress of Slavery
Review: Matthew Karp, 'This Vast Southern Empire: Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy'
November 5, 2016
The Odd Appeal of Shirley Jackson
Review: Ruth Franklin, 'Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life'
October 22, 2016