Weak Endnotes

Our colleague, Claire Potter, the Tenured Radical, and the American Historical Association's Rob Townsend debate the future of the conference job interview.

Michael Shae,"Wilde's Library," NYT, 6 August, reviews Thomas Wright's Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde.

Gail Collins,"Three Days in August," NYT, 6 August, reviews Pete Fornatale's Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock and Michael Lang with Holly George-Warren, The Road to Woodstock.

Paul Krugman,"School for Scoundrels," NYT, 6 August, reviews Justin Fox's The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street and Charles R. Morris's The Sages: Warren Buffett, George Soros, Paul Volcker, and the Maelstrom of Markets.