Things Noted Here & There
Edward Rothstein,"Information Highway: Camel Speed but Exotic Links," NYT, 12 November, reviews"Traveling the Silk Road," an exhibit at Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History.
Holland Cotter,"Compassionate Masters of the Universe," NYT, 12 November, reviews"Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection," an exhibit at Manhattan's Rubin Museum of Art, and"Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Manuscript Painting," an exhibit at Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Harold Bloom,"Road Trip," NYT, 11 November, reviews Peter Ackroyd's The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling.
Michael Dirda,"Jung at Heart," Washington Post, 12 November, reviews Carl G. Jung's The Red Book: Liber Novus.
Christopher Hitchens,"The Zealot," Atlantic, December, reviews Michael Scammell's Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth Century Skeptic.
Jonathan Yardley,"Graceful in all that she did," Washington Post, 12 November, reviews Donald Spoto's High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly.
David Jenkins reviews Gore Vidal: Snapshots in History's Glare for the Telegraph, 12 November.
Tom Carson,"American Original," Barnes & Noble Review, 11 November, reviews Joan Biskupic's American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Neely Tucker,"The Known World of Edward P. Jones," Washington Post, 15 November:"I write a lot in my head," he says."I've never been driven to write things down."