Wednesday's Notes

D. Graham Burnett and Anthony Grafton,"Deception as a Way of Knowing: A Conversation with Anthony Grafton," Cabinet, Spring, is an interview with Grafton about his work on deception and forgery. Errol Morris continues his series on the subject,"Bamboozling Ourselves," Zoom, this week.

Pat Rogers,"Cheerfulness breaks in," New Criterion, June, reviews Peter Martin's Samuel Johnson: A Biography and Jeffrey Meyers's Samuel Johnson: The Struggle.

David W. Blight,"The Civil War Sesquicentennial," CHE, 5 June, argues that the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War might be what the 100th anniversary failed to be.

Dwight Garner,"Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Literary: A Playwright's Life, With Marilyn," NYT, 2 June, reviews Christopher Bigsby's Arthur Miller, 1915-1962.

Finally, farewell to Harvard's Ernest R. May, a distinguished historian of diplomacy. Thanks to Jeff Vanke for the tip.