Weak Endnotes

Jed Perl,"The Modern High-Wire," The Book, 18 June, reviews Circus: The Photographs of Frederick W. Glasier with texts by Peter Kayafas, Luc Sante, and Deborah Walk.

Nate Barksdale,"Subtitles," Cardus, 11 June, reviews the history of subtitles in film.

Ebony has an excerpt from Jelani Cobb's current book, The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress. Our former colleague is currently guest-blogging for Ta-Nehisi Coates at The Atlantic. He was teaching at Moscow State University this spring and writes about it in"A View from the East," 17 June, and"That's Russian for Hope," 18 June.

Scott McLemee reviews H. Aram Veeser's Edward Said: The Charisma of Criticism for the Barnes & Noble Review, 8 June.