Reviews
English Common Law and British Imperial Intention
Elizabeth Stice reviews An Empire of Laws: Legal Pluralism in British Colonial Policy by Christian R. Burset (Yale University Press, 2023)
A Moveable Feast, A Press Release, and a Poem
A winter-themed excerpt from A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, a Christmas address from Winston Churchill, and two Christmas poems
Cormac McCarthy’s Walking Dead
Brody Eldridge reviews Manu Larcenet’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation adapted from Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road (Abrams ComicArts, 2024)
Islands in the Stream
Joel Tannenbaum reviews Streaming Music, Streaming Capitalism (Duke, 2024) by Eric Drott, Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable (Duke, 2024) by Rob Drew, and High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape (Univ. North Carolina, 2023) by Marc Masters.
This scepter’d isle… England that was wont to conquer others
Elizabeth Stice reviews Imperial Island: An Alternative History of the British Empire by Charlotte Lydia Riley (Harvard University Press, 2024)
Indigenous Languages, History, and Accepting People for Who They Are: The Case of Squanto
Matthew Sparacio reviews Squanto: A Native Odyssey by Andrew Lipman (Yale University Press, 2024)
The Best of All Possible Biographies?
Elizabeth Stice reviews The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Life of Leibniz in Seven Pivotal Days by Michael Kempe (W.W. Norton & Co., 2024)
Just Read It?
Elizabeth Stice reviews After all, there is No Finish Line by Actual Source Books (2024)
The Trees that Outlast and Tending One's Own Garden in Elizabeth Gonzalez James's The Bullet Swallower
Brody Eldridge reviews The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James (Simon & Schuster, 2024)
Mofro, Olustee, and the Blues of Lost Places
Tom Chesnes reviews the new album Olustee by JJ Grey and Mofro (2024)
The Worst Journey in the World: Now Illustrated
Elizabeth Stice reviews The Worst Journey in the World: The Graphic Novel. Volume 1: Making Our Easting Down Graphic Novel adapted by Sarah Airress adapted from the book by Apsley Cherry-Garrard (Letter Better Publishing, 2024)
Coming Back to You: Mark Kinzer’s Jewish Christian Scriptures
Michael Jimenez reviews Stones the Builders Rejected: The Jewish Jesus, His Jewish Disciples, and the Culmination of History by Mark S. Kinzer (Cascade, 2024)
Healthy Otters, Healthy Planet
Sam Wilber reviews Otter Country: An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World by Miriam Darlington (Tin House 2024)
The Book Twain Couldn’t Write
Sarah Selden reviews Percival Everett's James (Doubleday, 2024)
The Why of Us
Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Stice explains why a review is a valuable thing and why Belinsky is our best example of a critic.
The Right Temperament: Leadership Lessons from George C. Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower
Elizabeth Stice reviews The Making of a Leader: The Formative Years of George C. Marshall by Josiah Bunting III (Knopf, 2024) and Becoming Eisenhower: How He Rose From Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander by Michael Lee Lanning (Stackpole Books, 2024)
"What Can We Know of Other People?" Zadie Smith's “The Fraud” and New Sincerity
Brody Eldridge reviews Zadie Smith's The Fraud (Penguin, 2023)