20th Century American Notes

Marilynne Robinson,"Risk the Game: On William James," Nation, 23 November, reviews Robert Richardson, ed., The Heart of William James.

Michael Kazin,"Teddy's Lost Years," Daily Beast, 23 November, reviews Edmund Morris's Colonel Roosevelt.

Scott McLemee revisits Stephen Leacock's"In Praise of the Americans," at IHE, 24 November.

Patricia Cohen,"Selling History With '50s Pulp Pow and Punch," NYT, 24 November, looks at the new"Pulp History" series, created by David and Margaret Talbot.

William Deresiewicz,"The Whole Human Mess: On Saul Bellow," Nation, 23 November, reviews Benjamin Taylor, ed., Saul Bellow: Letters.

Denver Nicks,"Wall Street's Most Hated Journalist," Daily Beast, 24 November, interviews the Rolling Stones's Matt Taibbi, the author of Griftopia.