May 10, 2008
On Becoming Fearless by Arianna Huffington, reviewed by Denise Noe
Denise Noe’s note: The book reviewed here is oriented primarily toward girls and women so some readers are likely to criticize me for putting this review on Men’s News Daily. However, I do not believe that it is irrelevant because men have wives, girlfriends, mothers, sisters, daughters, and other female relatives as well as female [...]
Comments (1) Filed under: Activism, Analysis, Book Review, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Families, Family, Feminism, Health, Mating, Marriage & Divorce, Media, Politics, Psychology, Sex & Relationships, Sex and Metropolis, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 6:29 pmMay 6, 2008
Memorable Speech
David Yezzi is Executive Editor of The New Criterion and a well-known poet whose published collections include The Hidden Model and Sad is Eros. His essays have appeared at Poetry, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Sun, and The New Yorker. He has earned degrees from Carnegie Mellon [...]
Comments (1) Filed under: Blogroll, Book Review, Culture, Current Events, Vox Populi — Bernard Chapin @ 2:23 amMay 1, 2008
Mathematics and Humor: The surprising connections
Many people, especially the math-avoidant, are likely to look askance at the title of John Allen Paulos’ “Mathematics and Humor.” Mathematics and humor! What could they possibly have in common?
Quite a bit, as Paulos points out in this unusual, educational, and (yes) enjoyable volume. “Both mathematics and humor are forms of intellectual play,” [...]
April 26, 2008
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy And Its Consequences
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy And Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos
Reviewed by Denise Noe
John Allen Paulos, a mathematics professor, is understandably dismayed at the widespread ignorance of his subject, an ignorance which he calls “innumeracy.” He is also dismayed by the fact that so many of his fellow Americans are math-anxious and math-averse and that [...]
April 12, 2008
Art and Artists in the Art of Joyce Carol Oates
Oates has frequently written of fellow artists and writers in her fiction. Additionally, this writer believes that many of her stories of “ordinary” people are veiled investigations into the artistic method.
Many of Oates’s depictions of artists give insight into both the dangers and powers of the creative life as she views it — [...]
March 31, 2008
Global Crime and Terrorism
The end of the Cold War meant a significant change in the nature of the foreign threats to US security. The principal worry of most Americans is no longer a devastating military offensive from abroad, but rather more insidious assaults which hit closer to home, threatening lives and property and creating a climate of fear. [...]
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Very Much A Lady by Shana Alexander
Note: This review was originally written for a library service called Tele-book in which people could call a special number to hear reviews read. I also used this book extensively in the article I wrote about the Jean Harris-Herman Tarnower case that appears at http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/women/harris/1.html.
Very Much A Lady by Shana Alexander, author of a book [...]
March 17, 2008
The Newspaper of Claremont Street Reviewed by Denise Noe
The Newspaper of Claremont Street by Elizabeth Jolley is about a person, not a publication. The title refers to the well-deserved nickname of its unique protagonist. A maid to the affluent Claremont Street families, the Newspaper, or Weekly for short, is a walking record of her employers’ travails and joys. Weekly knows [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Book Review, Culture, Economics, Entertainment, Media, Money, Psychology, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 3:20 amMarch 7, 2008
A fresh turn on The Turn of the Screw!
Authors not: This was originally published in The Hatchet: The Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies. Those who have not yet had the pleasure of reading the Henry James classic should be aware that this essay contains spoilers.
A fresh turn on The Turn of the Screw!
The Borden case continues to enthrall over a century after it [...]
February 29, 2008
Anxious Days Indeed: An Interview with Patricia Pearson.
Patricia Pearson is a writer who possesses a plethora of interests. A great deal of information concerning her can be found at her website, called Pearsons Post. She has won numerous awards and is a regular contributor to The USA Today, and Canadas National Post. Her work has also appeared in Spy, Chatelaine, the New [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Blogroll, Book Review, CounterPulse, Culture, Health, Vox Populi, contributors — Bernard Chapin @ 4:21 am