Montage
Faith through Film
The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies
by Max J. Krupnick
Devoted to Debt
Nancy Koehn reviews Louis Hyman's Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink.
by Nancy F. Koehn
A Baton with Sting
Conductor Sarah Hicks spans Prokofiev and the Police.
by David Menconi
Fakery and Shakespeare
A con man, his son, and a fiction on two levels
by Amelia Atlas
Channel Cerfing
With sound, image, and word, Chris Cerf teaches the basics.
by Craig Lambert
Poetic Paschen
The Chicago poet has spread the good wordings via book, CD—and subway.
by Craig Lambert
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Do or Die
Sugata Bose reviews Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India, by Joseph Lelyveld.
by Sugata Bose
Street-level Ballet
In Panama, Anna Pasternak helps at-risk youth through dance.
by Craig Lambert
Honeybee House Hunting
An excerpt from Thomas D. Seeley's new book, Honeybee Democracy
Pride of the Indian College
Geraldine Brooks's new novel stars Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, Harvard's first Native American graduate, A.B. 1665.
by Amelia Atlas