The Page 99 Test

"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford

Sunday, February 6, 2022

Helen Anne Curry's "Endangered Maize"

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Helen Anne Curry is an associate professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, and a fellow of...
Saturday, February 5, 2022

Dael A. Norwood's "Trading Freedom"

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Dael A. Norwood is an assistant professor of history at the University of Delaware. He applied the “ Page 99 Test ” to his new book, Tradi...
Friday, February 4, 2022

Scott Meslow's "From Hollywood with Love"

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Scott Meslow is a senior editor at The Week magazine and a writer and critic for publications including GQ , New York magazine, and The A...
Thursday, February 3, 2022

Greg Brennecka's "Impact"

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Greg Brennecka is a staff scientist and cosmochemist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. After his doctoral work at Arizona State Un...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Peter Richardson's "Savage Journey"

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Peter Richardson has written critically acclaimed books about the Grateful Dead, the iconic rock band; Ramparts magazine, the legendary Sa...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Harvey Whitehouse's "The Ritual Animal"

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Harvey Whitehouse is a leading anthropologist whose research focuses on the role of ritual in the evolution of social complexity. One of th...
Monday, January 31, 2022

James McHugh's "An Unholy Brew"

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James McHugh studies the history and religions of early India, working with texts in Sanskrit and related languages. He completed his Ph.D....
Sunday, January 30, 2022

Guy MacLean Rogers's "For the Freedom of Zion"

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Guy MacLean Rogers is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Classics and History at Wellesley College. He applied the “ Page 99 Test ” to ...
Saturday, January 29, 2022

Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman's "The New Female Antihero"

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Sarah Hagelin is associate professor of English and director of women’s and gender studies at the University of Colorado Denver. She is the...
Friday, January 28, 2022

Michael W. Hankins's "Flying Camelot"

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Michael W. Hankins is the Curator for US Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps post-World War II Aviation at the Smithsonian National Air &...
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