Labor Day Notes
Martha C. Nussbaum,"The First Founder," TNR, 10 September, reviews James Calvin Davis's On Religious Liberty: Selections From the Works of Roger Williams.
William H. Pritchard,"Bishop's Time," Hudson Review, Summer, reviews Robert Giroux's and Lloyd Schwartz's Elizabeth Bishop: Prose, Poems, and Letters.
Robert Hughes,"Horrible!" Guardian, 30 August, previews"Francis Bacon," an exhibit soon to open at the Tate Gallery in London.
Pete Redington,"A People's Historian of Sports," In These Times, 27 August, profiles sports historian Dave Zirin. He is the author of A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People and Play. Thanks to Manan Ahmed for the tip.
Robert G. Kaiser,"Speaking Truth to a Superpower," Washington Post, 31 August, reviews Andrew J. Bacevich's The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism.
Students of Mills Kelly's new course,"Lying about History," will undoubtedly learn about these: StacyBee,"Five Hoaxes that Fooled the World," Neatorama, 19 August; and StacyBee,"Six More Hoaxes that Fooled the World," ibid., 30 August.