The African American son of a white mother, Santi Elijah Holley revisits Hannukahs past with his Jewish forebears.
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Finding My Identity By the Light of My Mother’s Menorah
The African American son of a white mother, Santi Elijah Holley revisits Hannukahs past with his Jewish forebears.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story, Uncategorized
The Way We Treat Our Pets Is More Paleolithic Than Medieval
Hunter-gatherers tended to think of pets as part of the family, and so do we. But in other time periods, intimacy with animals has been more taboo.
Posted inBlog Post, Media, Nonfiction
‘The Grexit Is Upon Us’: Graydon Carter Departs Vanity Fair
The editor is ending his quarter-century-long turn at the helm of Vanity Fair.
Posted inBooks, First Chapters, History, Story
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: America’s Secret Weapon in World War II
How “know-nothings” Elizebeth Smith Friedman and William F. Friedman became the greatest codebreakers of their era.
Posted inBooks, Member Pick, Nonfiction
The Wandering Years
Thoughts, observations, and reflections from the travel journals of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Eastern Europe: Beyond the Cold War, and Beyond the Stereotypes
The homogenizing force of globalization means that a shopping center in Budapest doesn’t look all that different from one central Turin, or York, or Cleveland. Is “Eastern Europe” as an idea disappearing? Try Jacob Mikanowski’s essay in the LA Review of Books for some suggestions (and some objections).
Posted inBooks, Member Pick, Nonfiction, Story
The Wandering Years
Thoughts, observations, and reflections from the travel journals of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Here at the End of All Things
On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
The Whistleblower in the Family
After her father was arrested for fraud, Pearl Abraham began the the slow, painful process of unraveling her Hasidic family ties.
