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

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Meryl Gordon's "The Phantom of Fifth Avenue"

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Meryl Gordon is the author of The Phantom of Fifth Avenue , as well as the author of Mrs Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of A Family Be...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Michael L. Satlow's "How the Bible Became Holy"

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Michael L. Satlow is Professor of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies at Brown University. He has been awarded fellowships from the Americ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Mimi Sheller's "Aluminum Dreams"

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Mimi Sheller is a Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy at Drexel University. Through her re...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Kristie Macrakis's "Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies"

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Kristie Macrakis , an author, historian and professor, was born and raised in Boston, MA. After completing her Ph.D in the history of scie...
Friday, May 23, 2014

Kelly A. Ryan's "Regulating Passion"

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Kelly A. Ryan is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast. She applied the “Page 99 Test” to her new book, Regulat...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Austin Sarat's "Gruesome Spectacles"

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Austin Sarat is Associate Dean of the Faculty, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science, and Director of ...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

James Turner's "Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities"

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James Turner , a historian, is Cavanaugh Professor of Humanities at the University of Notre Dame. He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his ne...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

David Reimer's "Count Like an Egyptian"

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David Reimer is associate professor of mathematics at The College of New Jersey. He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book, Count Li...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Murray Carpenter's "Caffeinated"

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Murray Carpenter has reported caffeine-related stories for the New York Times , Wired , National Geographic , NPR, and PRI’s The World . He...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

David N. Livingstone's "Dealing with Darwin"

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David N. Livingstone is a professor of geography and intellectual history at Queen’s University, Belfast. He is author of Adam's Ancest...
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